HIGHLIGHTING SUCCESS OF WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION – A KEY TO ATTRACTING MORE FEMALES TO INDUSTRY
By Mark MacDonald BRITISH COLUMBIA – Although women have made some strong strides into the...
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Category: Northern BC
BCREA: SHELTER COSTS HIGH IN APRIL
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canadian prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 2.7 per cent on a year-over-year basis in April, down from a 2.9 per cent increase in March. Month-over-month, on a seasonally...
Read MoreGLOBAL PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION SURGES, DEFYING ENERGY TRANSITION EFFORTS
By Jock Finlayson and Denise Mullen A data gift arrived in our inboxes the other day. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released an update on all things energy-related. The report includes an interesting...
Read MoreHONEST COMMENTARY ON BRITISH COLUMBIA’S EFFORTS TO GROW VALUE-ADDED WOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING
An Editorial Opinion – View From The Stump, April, 2024 BRITISH COLUMBIA – Premier Eby and his Ministers Ralston and Mercier are often heard saying “more jobs from trees harvested” when talking about the BC forest...
Read MoreGEOSCIENCE BC CREATES FIRST NORTHEAST BC LITHIUM DATABASE
NORTHERN BC – In July of 2022, the Geoscience BC Society was approved for a $200,000 grant to collect data about the amount of lithium available in Northeast B.C. The NEBC Lithium – Formation Water Database project tested...
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