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.
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.
Fraser sockeye crash keeps fishery closed
Bonanza of pink salmon saves commercial fishers from total bust
How Mark Carney can rescue the UAE’s $70 billion investment commitment into Canada
Abu Dhabi can move capital at an enormous scale. The question is whether Canada can offer projects that are permitted, powered and ready to build.
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 and gas output, opened new export markets and created the province’s highest-paid jobs.
Interactive quiz: solve the $40-billion question
Invest in a coastal pipeline, or heat pumps and electric buses? Tweak six core assumptions to uncover the true cost of your beliefs.
The internet is made of water, sand, rocks and human creativity
B.C.’s rivers and minerals are the raw material of the AI economy. The question is what the province gets in return for each megawatt.
Even with federal funding, does the BC government want forestry to survive?
Canfor’s permanent closure of its Northwood pulp mill makes it the 22nd B.C. mill to go dark since 2023, even as Ottawa steps in with $400 million and a task force report pointing squarely at the province. Does the B.C. government actually want a forestry sector to survive?
Energy advocates cannot rest, for the next battle of ideas over pipelines will soon begin
Even with the public onside, the case for jobs, tax revenue and small-town renewal still has to be made