British Columbia

10/11/26
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
The vast amount of emissions associated with LNG Canada occur when gas is burned outside of British Columbia. Photo by Ethan Cairns, the Canadian Press.

Nov. 10, 2026

Once it’s burned, gas processed at the Kitimat facility will produce more emissions than all other activities within BC.

Once Kitimat’s LNG facility is expanded, gas liquefied at the site and shipped to other countries will produce more greenhouse gases than all other emissions produced by the province of B.C. each year.

In September, LNG Canada’s joint partners made their final investment decision to double the plant’s capacity.

06/11/26
Author: 
CBC News
Kúkwpi7 Bonnie Adolph, chief of Sekw’el’was, a St’át’imc Nation community, is part of a network of First Nations in B.C. filing judicial reviews, saying the federal government has not properly consulted First Nations around the Pacific Link pipeline project. (Martin Diotte/CBC)

Nov. 2, 2026

Pipeline proposed to transport 1 million barrels of oil per day from Alberta to B.C. coast

Several First Nations in B.C. are challenging the federal government in court and seeking to overturn its decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline project as a project of national interest.

06/11/26
Author: 
The Canadian Press
Wudang, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker, fills up at an LNG Canada facility, in an aerial view, in Kitimat, B.C., on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Nov. 2, 2026

TORONTO — U.S. asset manager Blackstone and four Canadian institutional investors have signed a US$3.1-billion deal to acquire a non-controlling stake in the Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that holds an interest in LNG Canada, the country’s first liquefied natural gas export facility. 

05/11/26
Author: 
John Woodside
Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Nov. 4, 2026

A 6.5-million-barrel oil storage terminal south of Vancouver is planned for land that could turn to liquid in an earthquake.

The 260-hectare site is the end point of the proposed Pacific Link pipeline, which would sprawl more than 1,200 kilometres from Bruderheim, Alta., through Jasper National Park, to Roberts Bank, in Delta, BC. 

31/10/26
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Supertankers in the Salish Sea would carry two and a half times as much oil as tankers from the Trans Mountain pipeline, pictured above in Burnaby, BC. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Oct. 30, 2026

Washington state’s spill prevention program manager says sharp turns and other hazards increase the chance of an accident.

Brian Kirk, the manager of Washington state’s oil spill prevention program, spent two decades as a U.S. navy officer travelling around the world on destroyers, command ships, cruisers and aircraft carriers. He’s familiar with wily currents, storms, fog and unpredictable seas.

27/10/26
Author: 
Marc Lee
BC Legislature - gone blue

Oct. 26, 2026

Hold onto your hats, British Columbia. In a stunning shift of power, NDP Premier David Eby made the biggest political miscalculation in B.C. history, perhaps Canadian history, with a snap election that managed to alienate just about everyone. B.C. now is faced with a Conservative government with a huge majority, led by someone who was virtually unknown six weeks ago.

20/10/26
Author: 
Kenneth Chan
COPE crowd - election win

Oct. 18, 2026

Four years ago, Ken Sim and his centre-right ABC Vancouver party swept to power in the 2022 civic election, securing a supermajority on Vancouver City Council.

Tonight, that majority was wiped out. Sim was defeated by Green Party of Vancouver mayoral candidate and sitting city councillor Pete Fry, while Mike Klassen was the only ABC city councillor re-elected.

19/10/26
Author: 
Mining Watch Canada, BC Mining Law Reform
BC Mining Law Reform

Oct. 16, 2026

Ottawa, October 16, 2026) The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) announced Wednesday it has granted MiningWatch Canada leave to intervene in the Gitxaała Nation’s historic challenge of British Columbia’s mining claim regime. The SCC case is the culmination of Gitxaała’s ground-breaking legal challenge against British Columbia’s “free entry” mineral claim staking regime and mineral claims granted by the B.C. government in Gitxaała territory.

 

13/10/26
Author: 
andrea bennett
In Powell River, the pool’s ceiling insulation has been raining down for years. The city’s tax crunch has delayed its repair. Photo for The Tyee by andrea bennett.

Oct. 13, 2026

As council hopefuls promise to find ‘efficiencies,’ one outgoing mayor says there’s no more fat to cut.

It’s a fresh fall morning in Powell River, and the city’s aquatic centre is open for swimming. Sunlight beams through hemisphere windows, across three shared wide lines. A lifeguard watches as swimmers work on their front crawl and breaststroke.

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