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Premier David Eby is joined by fellow British Columbians for an event about showing support for Canada in the face of U.S. tariffs during a news conference at the inner harbour in Victoria., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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How B.C.’s Energy and Mining Boom Helped Bail Out Canada During the Trade War

How B.C.’s energy and mining boom, fueled by TMX and LNG Canada, rescued Canada’s economy and diversified exports to Asia during the 2025–2026 trade war.
Gas wellhead assembly seen at a B.C. drilling location near Fort St. John. This is where natural gas coming up from underground is brought under control before it flows into pipelines. The stack of valves regulates how much gas flows out, monitors pressure and temperature, and includes emergency shutoff switches to stop production if something goes wrong. All gas from the well passes through this assembly on its way to homes and businesses. Resource Works file photo.
  • Oil & Gas

A royal screw-up on royalties

Don’t conflate forecast errors with new oil and gas royalty scheme.
A pedestrian walks past a mural featuring oil wells in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug 29, 2026, a day after President Donald Trump announced a deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s oil reserves. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
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Trump’s Venezuelan flex move sends a message to Canada: Build now or become the 51st state later

Washington is cultivating another source of heavy oil. Trans Mountain's record performance – and the C$33.5-billion case for optimizing it – show how Canada answers: build choices of its own.
B.C minister of finance Josie Osborn speaks at a press conference alongside B.C. Premier, David Eby, and President and CEO of BC Hydro, Chris O’Riley.
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Finally, a shovel in the ground

B.C.’s single most consequential piece of enabling infrastructure just moved from press release to construction site. Here’s what the North Coast Transmission Line actually unlocks—and the one test that’s left.
third generation fisherman Bob Morreau's crew
  • Resources

Fraser sockeye crash keeps fishery closed

Bonanza of pink salmon saves commercial fishers from total bust

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 as a time-saver,
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Two energy booms, one still waiting
An LNG storage tank under construction at LNG Canada’s Kitimat export terminal on September 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The real question about data centres
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
What B.C.’s oil and gas build-out actually delivered
Hydro-rich NDP provinces put natural gas back in the power plan
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
Canada has agreed to build. Now publish the real clock
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
Horgan’s former top public servant tells Canada to drop the demonization of Alberta
Don Wright at the IPSS 2022

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Technology has always changed the resource economy. The difference today is the pace.

Innovation is changing mineral exploration. Now it's time to measure that change.
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AI-generated illustration contrasting “bad” and “better” approaches to Canada’s energy and climate future.

Canada is not a climate laggard

How natural gas exports carbon capture and digital infrastructure position Canada as a global clean energy leader
  • Energy
Facebook’s data centre in Odense, Denmark — an operating example of a server farm feeding a district-heating network. Photo: Carsten Bundgaard / Scanpix

Data centres for district energy

Vancouver’s single largest carbon emitter could be cleaned up by the very thing residents just protested.
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First Nations plan to build new coastal sawmill

Iskum Investments represents 16 coastal nations with plenty of timber
  • Forestry
Participants gather in Prince George to build B.C.’s first coalition against human trafficking.

It takes everyone: Inside B.C.’s first coalition against human trafficking

RCMP, survivor advocates and energy and trucking leaders met in Prince George to build B.C.'s first anti-trafficking coalition, and to make the case that industry
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Lennard Joe, CEO, B.C. First Nations Forestry Council

Forests and trust

Lennard Joe says British Columbia needs a fuller forestry conversation, one grounded in stewardship, Indigenous leadership and trust built across the whole sector.
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Participants gather in Prince George to build B.C.’s first coalition against human trafficking.
  • Communities
It takes everyone: Inside B.C.’s first coalition against human trafficking
Lennard Joe, CEO, B.C. First Nations Forestry Council
  • Forestry
Forests and trust
Delegates vote at the 2025 UBCM convention.
  • Economy
B.C.’s resource debate is becoming a capacity debate
A screenshot of an interactive poll featuring questions about the impact of coastal access on Canadian oil prices and the projected decline of Asian oil demand.
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Interactive quiz: solve the $40-billion question
Hereditary chief Brydie O'Brien, Giluget of Kispiox, in conversation for the second new episode of Homeland Journey. (Homeland Journey / Resource Works)
  • Reconciliation
Homeland Journey returns: two new episodes put Gitxsan law, leadership and land in focus
Maureen Pinkney, Mayor, 100 Mile House
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Built on timber

Where Energy Meets Reality

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TAHAN: On Labour Day, don’t forget who builds Canada’s prosperity
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Shaping the Peace: Balancing Energy, Environment, and Equity in Northeast

Northeast British Columbia (NEBC) is a vital economic powerhouse, generating substantial contributions to British…

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Do It Better

B.C.’s forest sector supports jobs, communities and industry. AI-generated image.

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.

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August 10, 2026

Wildfires rage as real forestry change flounders: have we all lost hope for forestry’s revival?

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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