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The Quiet Giant
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The quiet giant behind B.C.‘s LNG coast

A new Resource Works report follows LNG employment inland – from Kitimat’s loading arms to Montney drilling pads, gas plants and suppliers – and shows why counting terminal staff misses
In this three panel photograph; B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan, from left to right, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson speak during the televised B.C. Leaders' Debate ahead of the provincial election, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
  • Analysis

Soft math in the B.C. debate: A reality check from Northern B.C.

Affordability set the tone of B.C.'s only televised election debate, and the three resource numbers that came out of it all wobble under a look at the public record. The
B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan, from left to right, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson listen during the televised B.C. Leaders' Debate ahead of the provincial election, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
  • Commentary

The “150 jobs” lie, and the real workforce behind B.C. LNG

More than 50,000 Canadians worked on LNG Canada’s first phase alone. The “150 jobs” figure leaves almost all of them out.
Wilde Lake Compressor station
  • Oil & Gas

Owners, not just consulted

TC Energy has turned a decade of partnership on Coastal GasLink into Indigenous ownership. Everything we heard on our stages this fall said this was coming—and what it still takes
Haisla Nation Chief Councillor Crystal Smith and Pembina Pipeline Corporation CEO Scott Burrows announcing the positive final investment decision for the Cedar LNG project in June 2024. Source: www.cedarlng.com
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Major projects in B.C. shouldn’t be dependent on federal approval

Cedar LNG and Ksi Lisims show B.C. can get big projects built through First Nations partnerships, without waiting for Ottawa to step in
In this three panel photograph; B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan, from left to right, B.C. NDP Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative interim Leader Lorne Doerkson speak during the televised B.C. Leaders' Debate ahead of the provincial election, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Soft math in the B.C. debate: A reality check from Northern B.C.

Affordability set the tone of B.C.'s only televised election debate, and the three resource numbers that came out of it all wobble under a look
  • Analysis
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B.C. election – slowing resource development?
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks during a provincial election campaign announcement at the DP World Fairview Container Terminal at port, in Prince Rupert, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DRIPA, reconciliation promises to be a top election issue
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby speaks during a provincial election campaign announcement at the DP World Fairview Container Terminal at port, in Prince Rupert, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
B.C. is just getting started on getting it done
“We’re green enough.”
“I’m not a no person”: Brad West and Emily Lowan spar over what B.C. should build
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From left, Scott Burrows, CEO of the Pembina Pipeline Corp, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney applauded after speaking in Fort McMurray on Thursday Oct 1, 2026. Prime Minister Mark Carney declared the Pacific Link pipeline project to be in the national interest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Greg Halinda

The world is rediscovering Canadian energy.

The World just made Canadian energy more valuable. From Japanese tankers carrying Canadian crude to German utilities contracting Canadian LNG, the world is sending Canada
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Edmonton's Raging Grannies sing as part of a wider protest movement against AI data centres outside the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amanda May Erickson

B.C. voters draw an electricity line around AI data centres

New polling shows B.C. residents want data centres to wait their turn for electricity, but still back reliable natural-gas generation, new supply and LNG development.
  • Energy
The Maersk Lima, front left, and Bellavia container ships are seen docked at port, in Prince Rupert, B.C., on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada’s trade surplus driven by natural resources, not weak loonie

Oil, gas, metals and lumber earned a $27.4-billion surplus in June, more than covering the deficit in everything else Canada trades.
  • Economy
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LNG Canada Phase 2 is a go

LNG Canada makes FID on $33 billion expansion in Kitimat
  • Oil & Gas

Two pillars globally appreciated: Our resources and our landscape. We can make both work

A longtime Calgary energy writer on why B.C.'s environmental beauty and its resource wealth don't have to be at odds.
  • Commentary
Barry Penner, KC, chair of the Energy Futures Institute, left, and former B.C. energy, mines and petroleum resources minister Michelle Mungall take part in the “How the Politics of Energy Must Meet the Times” panel at Get It Done B.C.

B.C.’s energy thinking has flipped

Two former cabinet ministers from rival parties break down why the province suddenly needs more power, and why it needs it now.
  • Energy

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From left, Cam McAlpine, principal at Pendulum; Kim Haakstad, CEO of COFI; and Peter Lister, CEO of the Truck Loggers Association, take part in the “Forestry is a Solution: B.C.’s Homegrown Advantage” panel at Get It Done B.C.
  • Forestry
What’s really shutting down B.C. mills
From left, Shannon Joseph of Energy for a Secure Future; Karen Ogen, CEO of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance; and Chief Roland Wilson of West Moberly First Nations take part in “The Power of Yes: Local Benefits and Community Voices” panel at Get It Done B.C.
  • Oil & Gas
What LNG built in Northern B.C.
  • Innovation
Who owns the cloud?
  • Economy
Potential is a noun. Building is a verb.
A new 500 kV transmission line running approximately 165 kilometres from Prince George to Glenannan substation near Fraser Lake.
  • Energy
There is a role for natural gas in powering northern British Columbia.
Coastal B.C. salmon farm | BC Salmon Farmers Association
  • Acquaculture
British Columbia’s coast deserves better salmon policy

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The quiet giant behind B.C.‘s LNG coast

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A new Resource Works report follows LNG employment inland – from Kitimat’s loading arms to Montney drilling pads, gas plants and suppliers – and shows why counting terminal staff misses most of the story

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From power cords to data connections, copper helps keep modern computing running—a reminder that B.C.’s AI ambitions depend on both responsibly produced minerals and reliable firm power.

Learning from past mistakes

October 8, 2026

How historical lessons in copper refining can guide B.C.’s approach to AI infrastructure and firm power generation

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Forestry or no forestry?

September 1, 2026

Mills close, towns shrink, and the same problem goes unfixed. B.C.’s forest industry doesn’t need another paper plan.

The Economics of EV Mandates in British Columbia

British Columbia is on track for a collision between policy and the market

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