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Scott Lunny of USW speaking at the Aug. 31 launch of We CAN Build Ferries in BC. Photo by Richard MacIntosh
Manufacturing
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5 MIN READ

Why B.C.’s resource sector and shipbuilders belong in the same boat

Forestry, mining and energy all depend on tugs, barges and supply vessels. Almost none of them are built in Canada.
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10 MIN READ

Chlorine on the waterfront

How a 1957 North Vancouver plant that helps purify the West's drinking water ended up rejected, reconsidered and caught in a fight
Richard MacIntosh is a veteran boilermaker and advocate for Canada's skilled trades workforce. | Resource Works
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8 MIN READ

The trades that hold everything up

Canada's metal trades have shaped the country's industrial backbone for more than 165 years. One boilermaker's journey shows exactly what that means.
Container vessel departs.
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8 MIN READ

What’s the future of manufacturing in the Northern Interior?

Forestry is fading, but a new wave of infrastructure investment offers a chance to rebuild the north—if we do the homework now.
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7 MIN READ

RUSS: BC salmon farming deserves innovation, not elimination

Incentivizing innovation is the way forward for BC salmon farms, and there is plenty of evidence in Norway to support that.
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8 MIN READ

The legacy and future of Fairview Container Terminal

"The Port of Prince Rupert experience proves that modern-day investment in resource extraction, processing, manufacturing, and transport still provides a middle-class lifestyle."
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7 MIN READ

BC salmon farmers push back

Federal transition plan ripped as “wildly unrealistic”.
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7 MIN READ

Federal Greenwash law: guilty until proven innocent

"Under this new law, you’re guilty unless you prove your innocence to some back-room bureaucratic body. That’s simply not a Canadian concept."
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12 MIN READ

The great salmon gamble — how Canada’s push for land-based aquaculture foundered

Ottawa's salmon policy overlooks scientific advice in favour of policies based on unproven assertions, writes Stewart Muir in the Financial Post.
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6 MIN READ

The economic cost of reducing nitrogen fertilizer use

Groceries are getting more expensive. But how would the proposed federal fertilizer cuts impact the economy?
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9 MIN READ

Do they just not care?

Ottawa's discussion paper on BC salmon farms conveys insincere consultation, writes Margareta Dovgal.
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13 MIN READ

With the stroke of a pen, an industry is gone

British Columbia officials ignored scientists' advice in decision to eradicate the $12-million-a-year mink farming industry located in the Fraser Valley. Stewart Muir
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5 MIN READ

BC salmon farms: What’s next?

The phrase "like a fish out of water" is taking on new meaning, thanks to what is sure to be an unnecessary
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5 MIN READ

Don’t ban plastics, recycle them

Inspired by BC’s model, Elena Mantagaris says Canada needs a national recycling program to boost jobs and the green economy.
Manufacturing | Renewables
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7 MIN READ

RNG: opportunity in unlikely places

BC has a lot of waste. But thanks to local innovators, BC companies are finding a way to use that waste to
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Killing 10 million fish & eggs “unfortunate”

Minister Jordan stands by her decision to cut 1,500 coastal jobs, knocking out almost 25% of BC's salmon farming industry and culling
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6 MIN READ

Fishy decision from federal minister

With thousands of Vancouver Island jobs and a $1.4 billion investment on the line, BC salmon farmers take Ottawa to court Federal
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8 MIN READ

Where do federal parties stand on BC aquaculture?

In December, the federal government shuttered nineteen fish farms on the Discovery Islands, putting over 1,500 Vancouver Island families out of work.
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6 MIN READ

Island communities left behind as 19 fish-farms shut down

"Scientists have spoken but the government prefers to listen to activists and not to the people who live and work here,” says
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5 MIN READ

What’s required for Canadian economy to recover from the pandemic?

The one-word answer is: Jobs. Jobs of all kinds, but most of all we need to see the kind of high-paying, long-lasting
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The shame “is on us” if we don’t grasp opportunity

Agri-foods visionary Murad Al-Katib – Saskatchewan's lentil king – shared advice on pursuing resource options with Stewart Muir of Resource Works.