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Latest wind farm joins Alberta’s power grid

Latest wind farm joins Alberta’s power grid

The 35-turbine, $350 million set-up near Oyen will generate enough power for 25,000 homes when it goes online next year
Groundbreaking B.C. land registry to help deter money laundering delayed by a year

Groundbreaking B.C. land registry to help deter money laundering delayed by a year

B.C. lawyers say they need better direction from the government on the Land Owner Transparency Registry, which is now delayed by one year due to a poor rollout
Audain Foundation’s $100m donation revives hope for new VAG home

Audain Foundation’s $100m donation revives hope for new VAG home

Contribution to help build a new gallery is the largest single cash gift to an art gallery in Canadian history
Industrial space shortage crimps Metro Vancouver economy

Industrial space shortage crimps Metro Vancouver economy

Allowing warehouses on rural land sparks regional-government process
B.C. old-growth ban could clear cut forest economy

B.C. old-growth ban could clear cut forest economy

B.C. government plan to make six million acres off-limits to logging could close up to 20 sawmills, two pulp mills and cost thousands of jobs, industry experts claim
Top western towns for real estate investors 2021-22

Top western towns for real estate investors 2021-22

Western Investor’s annual forecast of top investor towns looks at five centres that are riding out the pandemic and look solid for investors into 2022
OPINION: Affordable housing solutions? Look in the mirror

OPINION: Affordable housing solutions? Look in the mirror

Politicians and real estate developers have had their say on the root cause of Canada’s current housing-price crisis. Perhaps it is time to look a little deeper
Construction sector tackles industrial-strength carbon action plans

Construction sector tackles industrial-strength carbon action plans

Advanced technologies deployed to reduce carbon footprints on B.C. building sites
Metro Van votes to allow release of rural land for industrial use

Metro Van votes to allow release of rural land for industrial use

Controversial vote passed 134 to 82, with City of Vancouver representatives split
Lower Mainland land sales surge to nearly $600 million a month

Lower Mainland land sales surge to nearly $600 million a month

Sales of land led a 130 per cent year-over-year increase in the value of commercial real estate transactions during the second quarter of 2021