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Bid to cut leader out of the mining loop

A FORMER candidate for Clive Palmer's political party says the newly elected federal MP should not be treated like a traditional owner of Aboriginal tribal land over a $7 billion iron-ore-processing...

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Ktunaxa band's legal challenge to ski resort deserved to fail

The right to be consulted isn't a veto; the duty to consult doesn't obligate government to capitulate; and it's a bad idea to wait nearly two decades before mentioning what you later claim is your...

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CERAWeek focus: Going global with U.S. natural gas

HOUSTON — American natural gas and its place in the world dominated the conversation as a major energy conference hit its midpoint Wednesday in Houston. Industry executives at IHS CERAWeek said the...

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POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Great expectations as Zuma addresses the nation

Related articles Way forward lies with policy changes, not project roll-outs Political leadership is needed to put NDP into effect EDITORIAL: Let the applause be merited President resting and readying...

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>Chile rejects $8 billion dam project in Patagonia

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile's government rejected an $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet the country's growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists who praised...

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PM accuses PN of jumping on bandwagons to curry political flavour and...

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today accused the Nationalist Party of jumping on any bandwagon that it can find in order to curry political favour from the electorate, while at the same time abdicating...

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Expect legal battle if Ottawa forces pipelines through

Ottawa and B.C. First Nations will be tied up in a "legal quagmire" for years over proposed oil pipelines because the federal government has not satisfied a legal requirement for "meaningful...

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Ski resort would violate aboriginal rights: lawyer

A pristine region in southeastern British Columbia known to the local First Nation as Qat'muk, the place where "grizzly bear spirits" gather, would be profoundly transformed...

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B.C. pulls ski resort's environment approval

VANCOUVER - There is another roadblock for developers of the Jumbo Glacier Resort, the controversial year-round ski development in southeast B.C....

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‘Economy Needs Effective Rail Sector’

“GHANA’S economy cannot grow without an effective rail sector,” the General Secretary of the Ghana Railway Workers Union (GRWU), Mr Godwill Ntarmah, declared at the National Executive Committee (NEC)...

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EDITORIAL - Avoid revisionism on Exmar deal

We understand Audley Shaw's frustration with Jamaica's failure, up to now, to decide upon and put in place arrangements for a cheaper fuel than oil for the generation of electricity. It was a mistake,...

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Chile rejects plan to dam Patagonia rivers for hydro-electric scheme

Chile has rejected an US$8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet growing energy demand, a victory for environmentalists who called the ruling a landmark moment. A ministerial commission on...

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B.C. asks independent Ombudsperson to probe health ministry firings

By Rob Shaw, Vancouver Sun July 3, 2015 0 Ombudsperson Jay Chalke has legal powers to subpoena witnesses, take testimony under oath and search for documents. Photograph by: Handout , B.C. Government...

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Premier Campbell Newman reveals he felt pressured by Clive Palmer at meetings...

THE war of words between Clive Palmer and Premier Campbell Newman has escalated, with the billionaire MP accusing Mr Newman of having a "bipolar condition". Mr Palmer returned fire at the Premier, who...

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Unruly Shaw - Christie scoffs at opposition spokesman's stance on abandoned...

Former Contractor General Greg Christie has accused Audley Shaw, opposition spokesman on finance, of a "disregard and total lack of respect for the rule of law" as well as an "unbridled" willingness to...

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We were wrong - JLP was bullied by the then contractor general into ending...

Arthur Hall, Senior News Editor The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has agreed that it failed the nation when it made the decision in 2010 not to proceed with the plan to have the EXMAR...

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Bear Head LNG Receives the Last of Initial Approvals (Liquefied Natural Gas...

(Source: Liquefied Natural Gas Limited) Microsoft Word - Release 2015-05-20 ASX Bear Head LNG Receives Last of Initial Approvals V1.doc ASX/MEDIA RELEASE 20 May 2015 BEAR HEAD LNG RECEIVES THE LAST OF...

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Bear Head LNG Receives the Last of Initial Approva (Liquefied Natural Gas...

(Source: Liquefied Natural Gas Limited) Microsoft Word - Release 2015-05-20 ASX Bear Head LNG Receives Last of Initial Approvals V1.doc ASX/MEDIA RELEASE 20 May 2015 BEAR HEAD LNG RECEIVES THE LAST OF...

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Chile rejects $8 billion dam project in Patagonia

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile's government rejected an $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet the country's growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists who praised Tuesday's...

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All-green economy would bleed red

While B.C. is touted as Canada's Pacific gateway, under an NDP government it is apt to become the country's drawbridge. Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline? Forget it. Expansion of Kinder Morgan's...

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PUP inquiry rains on Newman's holiday

The holiday may be over for Queensland Premier Campbell Newman. Palmer United Party Senator Glenn Lazarus pulled his party's motion for an inquiry into the state LNP government out of the ashes to have...

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How well will Liberals balance economy, environment?

The losers in Tuesday's election are the hard-line greenies who've dug in on what ought to be a discussion, but is too often a shouting match, about balancing environmental protection with resource...

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Week ahead in committees

The week's committee corridor high noon will be the Home Affairs Committee's session with three Chief Constables - which will follow up the latest "plebgate" developments, but there's something for...

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108/2015 - UK’s Health and Safety Executive Have Approved the LNG Power...

(Source: Government of Gibraltar) Microsoft Word - 108-2015.doc HM GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR PRESS OFFICE No.6 Convent Place Gibraltar Tel:20051739; Email: pressoffice@gibraltar.gov.gi PRESS RELEASE No:...

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Video Inside the Ledge this week deleted email controversy and Site C labour...

This week on Inside the Ledge, Vaughn Palmer and Rob Shaw discuss the end of the spring session of the legislature, the controversy over deleted emails and the Site C labour ......

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B.C. government reverses its course on environment rules for natural gas

FORT NELSON, B.C. _ British Columbia Environment Minister Mary Polak has done a complete turn around on a decision that would have exempted most of the natural gas produced in the province from...

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Jumbo Glacier Resort Project not substantially started (Ministry of Environment)

(Source: Ministry of Environment) Environment Minister Mary Polak has determined that the Jumbo Glacier Resort project has not been substantially started. As a result, the environmental assessment...

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Collaboration will help B.C. prosper

It is time for diverse groups within B.C. society to kiss and make up and work to find common ground on economic development. Too often public debate in B.C. is polarized, pitting environmentalists,...

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Vaughn Palmer: Saga of health ministry firings takes a bizarre turn

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun columnist July 7, 2015 0 Newly appointed ombudsperson Jay Chalke is highly regarded but will have his hands full if he's tasked with investigating the health ministry...

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Jumbo Glacier Resort Project not substantially started (Government of British...

(Source: Government of British Columbia) For Immediate Release 2015ENV0033-000907 June 18, 2015 Ministry of Environment Environmental Assessment Office VICTORIA - Environment Minister Mary Polak has...

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B.C.'s local auditor general disappointed over review of her own productivity...

By ROB SHAW, Vancouver Sun March 20, 2015 0 This week on Inside the Ledge, columnist Vaughn Palmer and reporter Rob Shaw discuss a busy week in provincial politics including the almost-hiring of former...

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B.C. politics this week – St. Pauls hospital and land development

This week on Inside the Ledge, columnist Vaughn Palmer and reporter Rob Shaw discuss a busy week in provincial politics including the government announcing plans for the new St Paul's Hospital ......

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B.C. Politics this week – Housing prices, surgery backlogs and RCMP...

This week on Inside the Ledge, Vaughn Palmer and Rob Shaw discuss the RCMP investigation that never happened into the fired health researchers, Premier Christy Clark’s response to Vancouver’s mayor on...

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B.C. Politics this week – Health firings, LNG project development agreement...

This week on Inside the Ledge, Vaughn Palmer and Rob Shaw discuss the government’s LNG project development agreement, the cost to the budget for fighting forests fires in one of the worst years on...

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The week in B.C. politics

This week on Inside the Ledge, Vaughn Palmer and Rob Shaw discuss the government's environmental decision on Jumbo Glacier Resort and whether the project is now dead, as well as a call for a public...

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B.C. politicians to debate LNG agreement

VICTORIA - British Columbia's politicians are returning to the legislature to debate the details of an agreement that could pave the way for the largest private investment in the province's history — a...

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Navy SEALS sacrificed to political correctness?

But Strange says he hasn’t heard a word since that encounter with the president at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Aug. 9, 2011, when the remains of 30 U.S. troops were brought home from...

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