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Forest products are mostly harvested from Crown land in B.C.

Aboriginal title upsets B.C. forest policy

Landmark case says Forest Act doesn't apply where title is proven, cancels Crown timber licence

Forest products are mostly harvested from Crown land in B.C.
BC Lions quarterback Travis Lulay gets set to let loose a throw during the 2013 season

Black Press Contests: WIN tickets to BC Lions home opener

The Lions will open their 2014 season against the Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday, June 28 at BC Place. Kickoff at 3 p.m.

BC Lions quarterback Travis Lulay gets set to let loose a throw during the 2013 season
Inventor Marco Longley (second from right) of Richmond shows how his product

Dragons’ Den product update filmed in Chilliwack

Richmond's Marco Longley, inventor of The Heft, was in Chilliwack on the weekend doing a followup shoot with CBC.

Inventor Marco Longley (second from right) of Richmond shows how his product

Frequent payday loan reliance among users: Poll

'Astronomical' costs still plague desperate borrowers

Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel has won the last four consecutive F1 World Championships

(VIDEO) Driveway’s Keith Morgan takes laps with F1 champ Sebastian Vettel

Vettel has won the past four F1 World Championships and is now Red Bull-Infinity's Director of Performance.

Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel has won the last four consecutive F1 World Championships
Walmart Celebrates 20 Years in Canada

Walmart Celebrates 20 Years in Canada

Company also celebrated donating and raising more than $200 million over the past two decades.

  • Jun 18, 2014
Walmart Celebrates 20 Years in Canada
The coast of British Columbia

Northern Gateway: Just the Facts (VIDEO)

Enbridge's $7-billion twin pipeline would run 1,177 kilometres from Alberta to a tanker port in Kitimat, B.C.

  • Jun 17, 2014
The coast of British Columbia
Melissa Tolsma was last year's winner of the Reno Me! With FortisBC contest.

In the planning stages

Reno Me! with FortisBC contest winner Melissa continues her renovation.

Melissa Tolsma was last year's winner of the Reno Me! With FortisBC contest.
Black Press chairman David Black receives his honorary degree from the University of Victoria.

Media mogul David Black receives honorary degree from UVic

Black, the owner of Black Press newspaper group, urges graduating students to 'show up' and to 'surround yourself with bright people'.

Black Press chairman David Black receives his honorary degree from the University of Victoria.
Major repairs underway at a leaky condo in Vancouver.

Condo buildings dodge new disclosure rule

Depreciation report for stratas bring 'certainty' to aging condo buildings facing costly repairs

Major repairs underway at a leaky condo in Vancouver.
Melissa Tolsma was last year's winner of the Reno Me! With FortisBC contest.

A reluctant renovator starts her renovation

Nanaimo's Melissa Tolsma was the winner of the RenoMe! With FortisBC contest and has recently started her outdoor space renovation.

Melissa Tolsma was last year's winner of the Reno Me! With FortisBC contest.
Results of recent polling by Insights West on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project.

Poll finds more opposed to oil pipeline twinning

Opinion surveyed by Insights West on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain project

Results of recent polling by Insights West on the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project.
Proposed route of twin pipeline that would carry light petroleum liquids east to Alberta and diluted bitumen west to Kitimat.

Scientists rap Enbridge pipeline review

Panel counted benefits from production, but not risks of consumption of heavy oil, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told

Proposed route of twin pipeline that would carry light petroleum liquids east to Alberta and diluted bitumen west to Kitimat.
Most beverage containers and other packaging is now collected and processed for recycling under the direction of Multi-Material BC.

MMBC recycling rival to target apartment niche

Gap in Multi-Material BC coverage spawns 'cherry picking' proposal from StewardChoice Enterprises

Most beverage containers and other packaging is now collected and processed for recycling under the direction of Multi-Material BC.

B.C. teachers start rotating strikes

B.C. teachers strike as sides return to table in long-standing dispute

  • May 26, 2014
GeoscienceBC refines geological survey information to find potential mineral deposits. The aerial magnetic surveys have begun searching for underground aquifers.

Mineral survey expands to gas industry

Encouraged by mineral finds, the B.C. government is extending aerial geological surveys to search for water in B.C.'s natural gas patch

GeoscienceBC refines geological survey information to find potential mineral deposits. The aerial magnetic surveys have begun searching for underground aquifers.
Camden at The Falls is a collection of single-family homes in Chilliwack.

Dream homes at Camden at The Falls

Aquilini Development is bringing their master-planned community building expertise to Chilliwack with The Falls.

Camden at The Falls is a collection of single-family homes in Chilliwack.
A 19th Century placer miner uses a rocker box to search for gold. Placer mining has become mechanized and remains an active industry in B.C.

Minister eyes fee break for small-scale miners

The B.C. government has heard the protests and is re-thinking its plan, Mines Minister Bill Bennett says

A 19th Century placer miner uses a rocker box to search for gold. Placer mining has become mechanized and remains an active industry in B.C.

Fed funding helps students find work

The federal government will spend $316,523 to help 70 students in Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon find work over the summer.

  • May 12, 2014
Environment Minister Mary Polak says it's too late for a pause on the rollout of the Multi Material BC recycling system.

Polak says province won’t bend to MMBC holdouts

Farm and garden suppliers angry with Multi Material BC eye their own recycling program

Environment Minister Mary Polak says it's too late for a pause on the rollout of the Multi Material BC recycling system.
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