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Mount Polley: Poor design blamed for tailings dam failure
Clean up of Mount Polley release will take years – government The construction of a mine tailings pond on top of a sloped glacial lake at British Columbia’s Mount Polley mine weakened the foundation of...
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West Virginia train derailment: 109 tankers of crude oil
19 cars carrying oil caught fire during West Virginia train derailment Fires burned for hours Tuesday after a West Virginia train derailment sent fireballs into the sky and threatening the nearby water...
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Falling oil prices drag down loonie, US inventories up sharply
Falling oil prices rebound on lower US Department of Energy inventories Falling oil prices weighed heavily on the Canadian dollar Thursday morning, as the American greenback strengthened. Oil prices...
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FortisBC sues Squamish over pipeline permit
Natural gas utility FortisBC filed a court petition against the District of Squamish last week, claiming the town unlawfully refused a development permit for a gas pipeline feasibility study tied to...
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BC LNG has the potential to create thousands of jobs
5 BC LNG plants by 2021 could create 39,000 jobs over 9-year construction period There used to be a joke that Vancouverites loved the forest industry until they found out it involved cutting down...
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Tesla Powerwall battery panned by experts
Powerwall expensive, only powers a home for half a day When Tesla Motors announced its home-powering battery, the Powerwall, it did so with much hype, promising a convenient way of storing energy for...
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Time to rethink the way we understand First Nations
“Let First Nations play a role in determining whether projects proceed.” McLeod and Gibbins Potential resource developments too often face an unbridgeable abyss, with project proponents perched on one...
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Driverless freight trucks coming soon to highway near you?
Critics say driverless freight trucks systems could be hacked, taken over Driverless freight trucks hauling cargo from Canada through the United States to Mexico and back navigate border crossings...
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Hillary Clinton dodges question about approving Keystone XL
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton said department should approve proposed pipeline A town-hall spectator who elicited a headline-making non-answer from Hillary Clinton understands perfectly well...
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Western Canada feeling pains of low crude and high gas prices
Western Canada Select closes at CDN$22.83/b Thursday but gas prices rising due to refinery closures Western Canada is being hit with the twin pains of the lowest prices for heavy crude in years...
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