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B.C. to bear brunt of costs from growing wildfire and flood risks, finds report

B.C. to bear brunt of costs from growing wildfire and flood risks, finds report

Building new homes in dangerous places could cost B.C. another $2.2 billion a year by 2030 — far more than anywhere else in Canada, a new study has found.
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Farming’s AI future is here—so why are some B.C. farmers holding back?

Farming’s AI future is here—so why are some B.C. farmers holding back?

Artificial intelligence yet to fully take root in farming despite general enthusiasm for adoption
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‘Flight to quality’ underway in Vancouver industrial real estate market

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

Vacancy rates expected to tighten in 2025, says Avison Young specialist
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California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat

California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat

California homebuilders say they have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber, even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs, as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
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Republican senator pleads with Trump to exempt potash from threatened tariffs

Republican senator pleads with Trump to exempt potash from threatened tariffs

WASHINGTON — A Republican senator from Iowa is pleading for an exemption for potash if U.S. President Donald Trump triggers a trade war by imposing steep tariffs on Canadian imports.
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Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy in face of Trump's threats

Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy in face of Trump's threats

OTTAWA — As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to hold out the threat of steep tariffs on Canadian imports, the federal trade minister is citing new trade deals with Ecuador and other nations
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Ministers call on Washington lawmakers to scrap tariff threat completely

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 has done little to ease Canada's concerns.
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B.C. fast-tracking 18 mining and energy projects in face of U.S. tariff threat

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 it's working to accelerate in the face of ongoing tariff threats from the United States.
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B.C. cleantech hits speed bump as battery, hydrogen investments stall

B.C. cleantech hits speed bump as battery, hydrogen investments stall

Some battery plants cancelled, others proceed despite some slowing momentum in the space
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Court rules against WestJet on reimbursement caps for meals, hotels

Court rules against WestJet on reimbursement caps for meals, hotels

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has barred WestJet from telling travellers their reimbursement for meals and accommodations is capped.
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