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25/11/25
Author: 
Marc Lee
‘Look West’ is mostly about doubling down as a petro-state through LNG and mining export projects in northern BC, writes Marc Lee. The photo shows an LNG tanker docked in Kitimat. Photo via LNG Canada.

Nov. 25, 2025

Premier David Eby is calling “Look West,” the British Columbia government’s new economic strategy, a plan to attract $20 billion in investment from the federal government and private sector.

25/11/25
Author: 
Tyler Olsen
BC Hydro chair Glen Clark says wind power and technological advances should fulfil BC’s short-term power needs, but more megaprojects like Site C, pictured, aren’t off the table if demand increases substantially in coming decades. Photos of Clark and Site C via BC Hydro.

Nov. 25, 2025

Glen Clark sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Tyee.

Even as it focuses on greenlighting new wind power projects, British Columbia could eventually return to building massive hydro dams if electricity use spikes in the coming decades, according to BC Hydro chair and former B.C. premier Glen Clark.

24/11/25
Author: 
Cloe Logan
Thadia Theodore and Maranatha Hughes spreading straw over the flower farm on the rooftop of Toronto Metropolitan University to get the crops ready for winter. Photo by Cloe Logan / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 24, 2025

Amid the hustle and bustle of downtown Toronto, Thadia Theodore is laying straw over dormant flower beds to prepare them for winter. Tall, glassy buildings surround her on the rooftop farm of her university; construction noise rings out, but she describes it as “peaceful.”

24/11/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
BC Hydro has curbed its expectations on the rollout of commercial and industrial electric vehicles, focusing instead on light-duty and personal vehicles. Photo by Tyler Olsen.

Nov. 24, 2025

The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.

Premier David Eby recently described British Columbia as Canada’s future “economic engine,” one that, in a nod to climate change, would be powered “by clean, reliable, affordable power.” Lots of it.

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