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Author: Ian Biana

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
Analysis
  • Analysis
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
Tom McGonigle, Mayor, Lake Cowichan
Forestry
  • Forestry
4 MIN READ

Forests that built a community

Tim McGonigle says Lake Cowichan's forestry roots still shape its future and warns rural British Columbia pays the price when policy loses
Leonard Krog, Mayor, City of Nanaimo
Forestry
  • Forestry
4 MIN READ

Roots of prosperity

Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog argues forestry still underpins jobs, sustainability and public prosperity, while warning misinformation and policy drift threaten one of
BC Hydro is partnering with the province to bring BC's first utility-scale battery energy storage project to Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island.
Hydroelectricity
  • Hydroelectricity
8 MIN READ

A big battery is coming to Vancouver Island. What can it actually do?

B.C.’s first utility-scale battery could strengthen the Island grid by 2030—but its duration, cost and relationship to Island Generation remain unanswered
Forestry
  • Forestry
6 MIN READ

‘Victoria needs to stand up and be proud’: Port Alberni councillor makes the case for forestry

Debbie Haggard says the province is underselling an industry that still supports hundreds of jobs, millions in tax revenue and the future
Shannon Joseph, Chair, Energy for a Secure Future
Power Struggle
  • Power Struggle
10 MIN READ

The world keeps asking Canada

On Power Struggle, Shannon Joseph tells Stewart Muir what a year of listening to Canada's energy customers taught her. Her new report
Making it Count. Image courtesy of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
Analysis
  • Analysis
6 MIN READ

Putting a number on it: New report builds a framework to measure the economic cost of Indigenous engagement in BC

A Macdonald-Laurier Institute study argues that if British Columbia wants to keep attracting resource investment, it first needs to measure what the
Screenshot from the Smithers council meeting on July 14, 2026, where councillors voted on a proposal to fund an LNG health study
Communities
  • Communities
11 MIN READ

Smithers council turns down LNG health study

The vote makes Smithers the second B.C. council to turn the study down outright. Of the councils that have voted, none backed
Ron Woznow portrait
Forestry
  • Forestry
4 MIN READ

Forests and futures

Powell River Mayor Ron Woznow says forestry remains the backbone of community life, economic resilience and long-term stewardship in British Columbia.