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Vancouver's climate plan 'first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,' says expert
November 21, 2020 - 4:00 AM

VANCOUVER - Motorists would have to pay a fee to drive into Vancouver’s downtown core under a plan to slow climate change, but one expert says while city council’s goals are laudable, they could also lead to financial hardship for some.
Vancouver council approves plan that could set fees to drive into the downtown core
November 18, 2020 - 7:34 AM

Vancouver city council has approved a Climate Emergency Action Plan that could see a levy placed on all vehicles entering the downtown core.
First Nation waits on logging road at centre of pipeline dispute in northern B.C.
January 09, 2020 - 5:19 PM

HOUSTON, B.C. - About a dozen supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs arrived to help set up a new camp on the side of a snowy logging road that's at the centre of a disputed pipeline route in northern British Columbia on Thursday.
Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.
January 08, 2020 - 6:50 PM

HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline company has posted an injunction order giving opponents 72 hours to clear the way toward its work site in northern British Columbia, although the company says its focus remains finding a peaceful resolution that avoids enforcement.
Inquiry questions competition in B.C. gas market as prices still unexplained
November 12, 2019 - 2:46 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he plans to ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to review the province's gas and diesel industry after a report released Tuesday questions the competitiveness of the market.
Unexplained difference of 13 cents in Vancouver and Seattle gas prices: inquiry
August 30, 2019 - 3:34 PM

VANCOUVER - An inquiry into British Columbia's high gas prices says there's an unexplained difference of 13 cents per litre between Metro Vancouver and Seattle that is costing drivers on the Canadian side of the border nearly $500 million a year.
U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory
July 15, 2019 - 4:11 PM

BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing territory on British Columbia's central coast.
Gasoline companies to speak at public inquiry into B.C. pump prices Wednesday
July 14, 2019 - 4:00 AM

VANCOUVER - An industry expert says a public inquiry into British Columbia's record-breaking gasoline prices may increase the public's understanding of a murky market but the provincial government's options for response are limited.
Gasoline prices rose with land costs but full differentials unexplained: report
July 10, 2019 - 8:05 PM

VANCOUVER - Gasoline prices in British Columbia have risen in line with land costs and credit card processing fees but that doesn't fully explain why they're so much higher than in other parts of Western Canada, a new report says.
B.C. chief says they didn't give up rights for gas pipeline to be built
January 16, 2019 - 4:52 PM

SMITHERS, B.C. - No elected band council or Crown authority has jurisdiction over the land, a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief told a crowd of supporters and First Nations leaders gathered in the territory that has become a battleground for Indigenous sovereignty.
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BC News

Vancouver's climate plan 'first 10 steps in a journey of 10,000,' says expert

Vancouver council approves plan that could set fees to drive into the downtown core

First Nation waits on logging road at centre of pipeline dispute in northern B.C.

Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.

Inquiry questions competition in B.C. gas market as prices still unexplained

Unexplained difference of 13 cents in Vancouver and Seattle gas prices: inquiry

U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory

Gasoline companies to speak at public inquiry into B.C. pump prices Wednesday

Gasoline prices rose with land costs but full differentials unexplained: report

B.C. chief says they didn't give up rights for gas pipeline to be built

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