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The B.C. government has put its recent focus on subsidizing electric cars and charging stations like this one at Egmont on the Sunshine Coast.

Decision time for B.C. carbon tax

Public comments accepted until April 8, and then Premier Christy Clark has to decide on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The B.C. government has put its recent focus on subsidizing electric cars and charging stations like this one at Egmont on the Sunshine Coast.
Installation of a fifth and sixth generating unit at Mica dam has taken eight years.

Dam expansion done as BC Hydro demand slumps

Four per cent rate increase expected next year to keep up with big maintenance, construction of Site C on the Peace River

Installation of a fifth and sixth generating unit at Mica dam has taken eight years.

Invermere employment centre holding open house for four-year anniversary

local WorkBC Employment Services Centre and EK Employment have continued to grow and adapt

  • Mar 23, 2016

Possible partnership creates potential employment opportunity in Radium

Tourism Radium will be considering the possibility of creating a full-time employment opportunity for an events co-ordinator

Lelu Island off Prince Rupert has been studied for two years as a site for a large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal.

B.C. presses for LNG approval after delay

Natural gas minister Rich Coleman says latest delay to Petronas-backed project at Prince Rupert must be 'overcome'

Lelu Island off Prince Rupert has been studied for two years as a site for a large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal.
Kids join rally in Fort St. John in support of natural gas export industry that featured truck parades in northeast communities.

B.C. LNG projects get new momentum

Woodfibre LNG wins federal approval, major shift by Las Kwa'laams to support Prince Rupert port with conditions

Kids join rally in Fort St. John in support of natural gas export industry that featured truck parades in northeast communities.
Plan for developing Bonanza Ledge mine near Barkerville uses spiral tunnel to reach gold below existing pit.

Signs of spring for B.C. mining industry

Gold projects at Barkerville and in the northwest moving ahead, as metal prices and steelmaking demand revive in Asia

Plan for developing Bonanza Ledge mine near Barkerville uses spiral tunnel to reach gold below existing pit.
Spruce beetles bore through tree bark and lay eggs

Spruce beetle spreads in B.C. Interior

Biggest infestations in 30 years identified in Prince George area, spreading with help from recent dry, warm and windy conditions

  • Mar 11, 2016
Spruce beetles bore through tree bark and lay eggs
Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson

Minister monitoring new college fees

Fees increasing above 2% cap for colleges and universities must be for new services, Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson says

Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson

Invermere’s creative economy booms

Invermere has a booming creative economy, and those in valley’s arts community are keen to see it grow even more.

Construction of tailings facility at Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern B.C.

New penalties coming to B.C. mine regulations

Administrative penalties already exist in forestry and oil and gas industries, prosecution penalties also increasing

Construction of tailings facility at Red Chris copper-gold mine in northwestern B.C.

Local bee industry profiting from buy-local business model

Beekeepers in B.C. and in the East Kootenay region have not been stung by the ever-changing honey industry.

Vancouver company plans to open new mine in valley

A new mine could be up and running here in the Upper Columbia Valley as early as next year.

The CBC TV program Dragons’ Den is coming to Cranbrook to hold auditions for entrepreneurs and inventors wanting to make it on the show. The Dragons are (left to right) Michael Wekerle

Dragons’ Den looking to dole out dough to local entrepreneurs

Producers for the acclaimed CBC reality show, Dragons’ Den, are touring the country, holding auditions for small business entrepreneurs

  • Feb 10, 2016
The CBC TV program Dragons’ Den is coming to Cranbrook to hold auditions for entrepreneurs and inventors wanting to make it on the show. The Dragons are (left to right) Michael Wekerle
LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz announces project proceeding to engineering and environmental assessment

Shell postpones LNG decision to late 2016

Shell, Mitsubishi, Korea Gas and PetroChina agree to stick with Prince Rupert project despite world-wide oil and gas price slump

LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz announces project proceeding to engineering and environmental assessment
The concession stand at Kinsmen Beach is in need of a new operator with their own equipment.

DOI awaits proposals for concession stand

The District of Invermere (DOI) has issued a call for applicants who are interested in operating the Kinsmen Beach concession stand.

The concession stand at Kinsmen Beach is in need of a new operator with their own equipment.

Kootenay-Columbia MP urges local employers to apply for wage subsidy program

Deadline for submitting applications to Canada Summer Jobs 2016 (CSJ) is Friday, February 26th, 2016.

  • Feb 3, 2016
Loyalty reward points can no longer be offered in B.C. on prescription drugs after a court ruling in favour of the College of Pharmacists of B.C.

Court okays ban on pharmacy reward points

Prescriptions blocked from B.C. supermarket loyalty programs

Loyalty reward points can no longer be offered in B.C. on prescription drugs after a court ruling in favour of the College of Pharmacists of B.C.
Tariffs against B.C. wood products are prohibitively high in Malaysia

Forest industry waits for Pacific trade deal

B.C. wood products are shut out of some Asian countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei by high import tariffs

Tariffs against B.C. wood products are prohibitively high in Malaysia
Helicopter maps mineral potential in remote areas using magnetic imaging.

Help offered to struggling mining industry

Northwest mineral survey released, Premier Christy Clark promises BC Hydro payment relief for struggling mining industry

Helicopter maps mineral potential in remote areas using magnetic imaging.