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Outlook 2024: Will oil finally flow on the delayed Trans Mountain pipeline twin?

Outlook 2024: Will oil finally flow on the delayed Trans Mountain pipeline twin?

The $31B expansion project should reduce gas prices for B.C. when the pipeline begins commercial operations
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73% of pot purchases from legal sources, up from 37% in 2019: Health Canada

73% of pot purchases from legal sources, up from 37% in 2019: Health Canada

OTTAWA — An annual survey from Health Canada shows 73 per cent of respondents are buying their cannabis from legal sources. That number compares with 37 per cent in 2019, the year after Canada first legalized cannabis.
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B.C. housing minister says next naughty list coming soon

B.C. housing minister says next naughty list coming soon

Ravi Kahlon also says province unveiling BC Builds project in ‘very near future.’
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Legal changes may bring reprieve for B.C. cannabis entrepreneurs

Legal changes may bring reprieve for B.C. cannabis entrepreneurs

Taxation, THC content and medical authorizations could be focus of regulatory changes.
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Rob Shaw: Fence-sitting thrusts BC NDP into no-win scenario as overdose deaths climb

Rob Shaw: Fence-sitting thrusts BC NDP into no-win scenario as overdose deaths climb

Government’s messaging over public drug-use legislation has completely reversed as it attempts to co-opt language of Opposition, writes Rob Shaw
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Malahat Nation to build large battery-systems factory

Malahat Nation to build large battery-systems factory

The nation plans to build the 100,000-square-foot facility to build battery energy storage systems at its 52-acre business park on reserve land adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway
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YVR international arrivals yet to return to pre-pandemic levels

YVR international arrivals yet to return to pre-pandemic levels

Overall passenger volume in October and November was above monthly totals in 2019
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Metro Vancouver residents in older large strata complexes could face carbon fines after 2028

Metro Vancouver residents in older large strata complexes could face carbon fines after 2028

Metro Vancouver climate committee endorses regulatory proposal that would charge large buildings a $500 administrative fee and $350 for every tonne of carbon pollution they emit beyond a set threshold.
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Vancouver’s BBTV goes dark

Vancouver’s BBTV goes dark

Company that pioneered embedded video ads is private again
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Chinese company Zijin Mining signs deal to invest $130M in Solaris Resources

Chinese company Zijin Mining signs deal to invest $130M in Solaris Resources

VANCOUVER — A Chinese company has signed a deal to invest $130 million in Solaris Resources Inc. that it plans to use to fund the development of its Warintza copper project in Ecuador. Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.
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