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Energy

B.C. town ‘built by industry’ adjusts to life with LNG

Matt Simmons – The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

For the past few months, the buzz in the small coastal community of Kitimat, B.C., has been all about the flares. 

LNG Canada, the newly completed gas liquefaction and export plant, began firing up its smokestack last fall, lighting the skies with a flame that got as tall as 90 metres at one point. That’s roughly the equivalent of four 18-wheeler trucks, stacked end-to-end on top of each other. It could be seen from more than 50 kilometres away. 

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Communications

Local reporters aim to launch first worker-owned co-op news outlet in Western Canada, covering Tri-Cities, Burnaby, New Westminster

By Patrick Penner, Tri-Cities Dispatch, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Four recently laid-off Metro Vancouver journalists have announced a fundraising campaign to establish Western Canada’s first newspaper co-op.

On June 4, ex-Tri-City News reporters Mario Bartel and Janis Cleugh, ex-New Westminster Record reporter Theresa McManus, and ex-Burnaby Now reporter Cornelia Naylor were joined by leaders from Unifor and the Union Cooperative Initiative (UCI) to announce the “Save Our Local News Campaign” at the Unifor BC Western Regional Office in New Westminster.

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Transportation

BC Ferries Is Still Facing Labour Unrest. Here’s the Latest

By Isaac Phan Nay, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The union that represents BC Ferries workers is headed into difficult contract talks this summer — but hopes to avoid any job action that could impact ferry operations.

An arbitration panel’s decision on wages earlier this spring will set the tone for the negotiations, said union leader Eric McNeely.

As part of the existing collective agreement, the panel decided May 30 that BC Ferries workers will earn a 1.65 per cent raise.

McNeely said he’s disappointed with the decision to put the workers’ raise behind inflation.

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Energy, Indigenous Nations

‘A long, hot summer’: B.C.’s approval of PRGT pipeline sets stage for conflict, First Nations leader says

Matt Simmons – The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

The British Columbia government gave a green light to an 800-kilometre natural gas pipeline on Thursday, paving the way for construction to start this summer — and setting the stage for what one First Nations leader warns could be a “long, hot summer” of conflict. 

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Energy

Minister says Canada needs ‘infrastructure that gets our energy to tidewater’ at Calgary meeting

By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 

Canada’s new energy and natural resources minister championed the energy sector Friday, calling on governments and industry to work together to build the Pathways Alliance’s proposed carbon capture project.

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