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Category: Analysis

Emily Lowan and Brad West at Get it Done BC 2026
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8 MIN READ

“I’m not a no person”: Brad West and Emily Lowan spar over what B.C. should build

A mayor, a Green leader and an MP disagreed on what B.C. should build. They agreed the province can’t seem to build
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5 MIN READ

Back to school – and straight into the AI question

As B.C. students return to school, Resource Works polling analysis highlights a deep tension: while 63 per cent of teachers see AI
An LNG storage tank under construction at LNG Canada’s Kitimat export terminal on September 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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25 MIN READ

Two energy booms, one still waiting

Natural gas, LNG and liquids are moving from promise to steel, contracts and export cargoes. Oil is producing at record levels too
People participate in a march in Vancouver to protest the opening of AI data centres on Saturday, June 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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8 MIN READ

The real question about data centres

As AI infrastructure arrives in B.C., we need facts, clear rules and a better answer than no
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What B.C.’s oil and gas build-out actually delivered

A new study by economist Philip Cross finds that a decade of pipelines, LNG and upstream investment nearly doubled B.C.’s real oil
Severe drought in Western Canada is putting pressure on hydroelectricity generation, forcing two hydro-rich provinces to import power from other jurisdictions due to low reservoir levels. Manitoba Hydro power lines are photographed just outside Winnipeg, Monday, May 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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7 MIN READ

Hydro-rich NDP provinces put natural gas back in the power plan

Manitoba Hydro’s $3-billion turbine proposal is under scrutiny today as BC Hydro seeks to retain nearly 400 megawatts of existing gas generation
Canada's premiers hold a press conference closing the Council of the Federation meetings in Charlottetown on Wednesday July 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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9 MIN READ

Canada has agreed to build. Now publish the real clock

The premiers’ new consensus on energy corridors and faster approvals is significant. But Canada still cannot say how long a major project
Don Wright at the IPSS 2022
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7 MIN READ

Horgan’s former top public servant tells Canada to drop the demonization of Alberta

Don Wright ran B.C.'s public service. His new reading of 30 years of federal fiscal data says Alberta's oilsands quietly paid the
Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George
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6 MIN READ

As one industry consolidates in the North, we need to articulate the challenge we face in order to address it

The permanent closure of the Northwood pulp mill in Prince George highlights the urgent need for a comprehensive regional economic framework