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B.C.’s Look West plan invests in clean-energy pilots for heavy-duty vehicles

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:10:18 +0000

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – As part of B.C.’s recently unveiled Look West plan, the government is investing $500,000 through the Integrated Marketplace platform to support the three pilot projects. Innovate BC will work with the City of Prince Rupert, the City of Prince George, the City of Kitimat and the Town of Smithers to explore […]

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Vancouver Island mill latest to close in B.C., 350 jobs lost

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:10:06 +0000

VANCOUVER ISLAND — A pulp mill on Vancouver Island is permanently ending operations, the latest mill to close in the province, affecting around 350 employees. Domtar said in a statement that continued poor pricing for pulp and lack of access to affordable fibre in British Columbia necessitates the closure of its pulp mill in Crofton. […]

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Drilling group predicts slight uptick in Canadian activity next year

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:05:42 +0000

CALGARY, ALTA. — The head of an oil and gas drilling group is calling the Alberta-Ottawa energy accord a “game changer,” but says the benefits won’t filter through to industry members straight away. “This is really pragmatic policy. I think it’s competitive policy,” Mark Scholz, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, […]

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‘Fool’s errand’: Why the Exxon Valdez looms large over northern pipeline debate

Daily Commercial News — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:05:30 +0000

VICTORIA — The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska’s coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast. Rick Steiner, a former academic who was one of the first on the scene of the infamous disaster and has […]

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Nova Scotia approves Halifax bylaw restricting Dartmouth Cove infilling

Lindsey Cole — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:46:51 +0000

HALIFAX – The Nova Scotia government says it has approved changes submitted by Halifax to restrict infilling along a strip of shoreline in Dartmouth. John MacDonald, minister of municipal affairs, says the province’s approval requires that Halifax prove it has authority to regulate infilling and that none of the municipality’s measures infringe on federal jurisdiction. […]

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Ontario investing $19.5M for Centre for Fusion Energy in Pickering

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 11:05:22 +0000

PICKERING, ONT. — The Ontario government has announced it is spending $19.5 million to help establish a new Centre for Fusion Energy, with the goal of furthering energy research and commercialization. According to a release, the centre will also facilitate new academic and industry partnerships, create new hands-on educational opportunities and stimulate economic and research […]

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CIBC analysts cast doubt on private sector taking on new B.C. pipeline any time soon

Lindsey Cole — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:30:58 +0000

CALGARY, ALTA. – Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don’t expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations are opposed. They write in a report that companies would have to rely on meeting the ill-defined constitutional duty […]

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Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations

Lindsey Cole — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:41:48 +0000

NORTH SEA, DENMARK — Appearing first as a dot on the horizon, the remote Nini oil field on Europe’s rugged North Sea slowly comes into view from a helicopter. Used to extract fossil fuels, the field is now getting a second lease on life as a means of permanently storing planet-warming carbon dioxide beneath the […]

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Review of B.C.’s emissions strategy says LNG push threatens to wipe out cuts

Lindsey Cole — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:25:24 +0000

VICTORIA – A report commissioned by British Columbia’s government says its pursuit of new natural gas projects “threatens to set back progress” in reducing greenhouse emissions and the province is expected to fail its 2030 target. The independent report into B.C.’s climate action plan, known as CleanBC, says new liquefied natural gas projects promise thousands […]

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Trans Mountain poised for expansions as pipeline fills up

Lindsey Cole — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:39:13 +0000

CALGARY, ALTA. – The chief executive of Crown-owned pipeline operator Trans Mountain Corp. says the Alberta-to-British-Columbia conduit has been running at almost full capacity lately, and expansions it and fellow operator Enbridge Inc. are pursuing should provide relief when it’s needed. Trans Mountain said in its third-quarter financial report recently the pipeline averaged 87 […]

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Liberal MPs say party remains united after Guilbeault resigns from cabinet

Lindsey Cole — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:09:11 +0000

OTTAWA – Several Liberal MPs say the party remains united after Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet in response to the federal government’s new pact with Alberta on a proposed pipeline. In a social media post Thursday, Guilbeault said he submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Mark Carney that afternoon “with great sadness” — […]

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Ontario signs deal with Marten Falls First Nation to fast-track road to Ring of Fire

Lindsey Cole — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:10:19 +0000

TORONTO – Another northern Ontario First Nation has signed a partnership deal with the province to fast-track construction on the road to the mineral-rich Ring of Fire. Marten Falls First Nation will receive nearly $40 million for a multi-purpose community centre, materials for other infrastructure projects, including this season’s winter road, and other priority projects. […]

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