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Vancouver politicians push for electric passenger ferry to Gibsons, Bowen Island

A Vancouver city councillor and two park board commissioners announced plans Friday to potentially have an electric passenger ferry operating by 2027 that would...

Fast-tracked wind projects raise questions over transparency, oversight

Last winter, during a cold snap, which is often accompanied by a high-pressure system that becalms the wind, Alberta’s wind farms, with a generating...

Trump’s choice for chief trade negotiator says tariff threat is about fentanyl

WASHINGTON — The man likely to be named the United States' chief trade negotiator argued Thursday that President Donald Trump's tariff threat against Canada...

‘Flight to quality’ underway in Vancouver industrial real estate market

Vancouver’s industrial tenants and owner-occupiers may have a brief window to snag better facilities in the region before vacancy rates see an expected decline...

Travel to B.C. rises while visits from Mexicans plummet

New data show the number of visitors to B.C. rising despite a steep drop in the number of Mexican visitors.  The province was the...

Trade surplus with U.S. widened in December but down overall in 2024: StatCan

OTTAWA — Canada's trade surplus with the U.S. widened in December as overall exports rose thanks in part to higher energy prices, Statistics Canada...

S&P/TSX composite rises in late-morning trading, U.S. markets mixed

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was up more than 150 points in late-morning trading, led by gains in industrial, utilities and technology stocks,...

B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has released a list of 18 critical mineral and energy projects worth roughly $20 billion that it said...

Ministers call on Washington lawmakers to scrap tariff threat completely

WASHINGTON — Key cabinet ministers returned to Washington Tuesday to keep pressing Canada's economic case as a month-long pause on Donald Trump's tariff threat...

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