The scorecard is part of a Canada-wide database on energy efficiency policy, compiled by Efficiency Canada
British Columbia nabbed first place in Canada's first-ever Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released Tuesday. Alberta ranked sixth and Saskatchewan was ninth. The scorecard is part of a Canada-wide database on energy efficiency policy, compiled by the Carleton University-based energy efficiency advocacy organization Efficiency Canada. "Imagine thinking of all that energy waste from our homes, businesses…
The days are increasingly short and grey, but nature is on full display everywhere we look
I’m looking out of our living room window on a predominantly grey sea and landscape. The eye first trips over some close-in treetops before it encompasses five km of Jervis Inlet, leading to Scotch Fir Point in the mid-distance. The bulk of Texada Island beckons in the further background, hiding whatever it wishes behind its…
Capital, companies, equipment and crews are leaving Canada for better opportunities, with the U.S. an easy choice: PSAC
The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has decreased its forecast for the number of wells expected to be drilled across Canada for this year. In its third update to its 2019 Canadian Drilling Activity Forecast, PSAC revised its number from 5,300 (May 2019 revision) to 5,100 wells drilled. PSAC now projects 2,425 wells to be…
Recent sawmill closures have exposed a raft of problems in the industry and government failure to ensure long-term productivity
Recent sawmill closures in British Columbia have brought to light the need for renewed focus on the mismanagement of B.C. forests over the past decades and what to do about it. That mismanagement is having a significant effect on the B.C. and Canadian economies. If you live in the B.C. interior, where more than 820…
The Prince Rupert facility is expected to ship approximately 1.2 million tonnes of propane annually to customers in Asia
Calgary-based AltaGas Ltd., an energy infrastructure company with a focus on regulated utilities, midstream, and power, announced on Tuesday the grand opening of its Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal (RIPET), located in Prince Rupert, B.C. It’s the first marine export facility for propane in Canada. The company said the facility began introducing propane feedstock in…
The results of greater energy efficiency will materialize over the long term, even if politicians seek abbreviated timelines
Jock Finlayson and Denise Mullen Business Council of B.C. Metro Vancouver residents are rightly upset over paying the highest gasoline prices ever recorded in a North American city. Cost-of-living pressures are already significant for many households in British Columbia, making the recent jump in pump prices particularly hard to stomach. The unprecedented attention being given…
Money budgeted for an elevated greenway for walkers and bikers should go to housing the homeless or easing traffic congestion
Vancouver is a great city. For people like me who use their feet for most of their transportation, it’s wonderful. But sometimes city decision-makers go overboard. For recreation and exercise, there’s the 28-km seawall, part of which circles Stanley Park. It’s been voted the best place to run in Canada. There’s also the nine-km Arbutus…
The resource price crash of 2014 forced Horizon North to turn its old business model on its head
A high-end home built by an oil-and-gas logistics company? Now, that’s disruptive technology at work. Disruption is a way of life now for Horizon North, a company that has had to be exceptionally nimble after the resource price crash of 2014 turned its old business model on its head. Created as a spinoff from Mullen…
Exploration is the critical first stage in mining development. Yet many provinces don't meet their own guidelines
Every year, the Fraser Institute publishes a survey of senior mining company executives that assesses policy environments around the world and the mineral potential of jurisdictions. Those two components are used to create an investment attractiveness index. One thing miners repeatedly tell us is that they’re concerned about obtaining exploration permits: how long does it…
Bill C-48 divides Canadians and betrays the promise of Confederation
Members of the Canadian Senate, myself included, have heard from thousands of Canadians for and against Bill C-69, which promises to modernize the National Energy Board and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. That response is a good thing. But an eerie silence prevails around Bill C-48. And that’s odd because C-48 is far more dangerous…
Shami Sandhu talks about what makes Realty ONE Group different and why those differences work well for buyers and agents
Shami Sandhu is president and regional director of Realty ONE Group of Western Canada. What is the Realty ONE Group and what do you do? Sandhu: Realty ONE Group is a full-service lifestyle real estate brand that has experienced rapid growth since Kuba Jewgieniew started the company in 2005. Unlike existing traditional models, we don’t…
Precious little good will can come from Victoria city council's campaign, but it will certainly cost a great deal of money
The City of Victoria wants to round up municipalities to sue oil companies for damages from climate change. Not only is such a case virtually impossible to prove, it’s also full of rich ironies. Weather-related damages, termed “perils” in Canadian insurance plans, are more commonly called acts of God. How ironic that environmentalists envision the…
Funding and testing innovations in areas such as the oil and gas sector, health-care digitization and environmental protection
Global technology leader Cisco is investing $15 million to enhance its Western Canadian presence. “Getting the most out of the digital world of tomorrow means investing and preparing for it today,” said Rola Dagher, president of Cisco Canada, in making the announcement on Wednesday in Calgary. “The commitments announced today build on our strong track…
Group’s focus is on what LNG means to the Canadian economy and to the overarching national interest
It may seem like an impossible challenge to crowdsource a narrative about building a better future for Canadians and their energy sector. A diverse group has set out to create a compelling and co-ordinated narrative around Canada’s global liquefied natural gas (LNG) opportunities. At a recent Calgary meeting, a diverse group of stakeholders agreed it’s critical to…
Single-family houses in the city are now deposit boxes. How did we get here and how can we restore balance?
It’s time for broad review of the dirty money games played in the casinos and on the high streets of the raincoast’s ‘capital' city. B.C. Attorney General David Eby recently reported that upwards of $2 billion in dirty money laundering has occurred in Vancouver casinos and luxury real estate over the past year. He characterized…
British Columbia nabbed first place in Canada's first-ever Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, released Tuesday. Alberta ranked sixth and Saskatchewan was ninth. The scorecard is part of a Canada-wide database on energy efficiency policy, compiled by the Carleton University-based energy efficiency advocacy organization Efficiency Canada. "Imagine thinking of all that energy waste from our homes, businesses…
