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Global food prices declined from record highs in 2022, the UN says. Except for these two staples

Global food prices declined from record highs in 2022, the UN says. Except for these two staples

ROME (AP) — Global prices for food commodities like grain and vegetable oil fell last year from record highs in 2022 , when Russia’s war in Ukraine, drought and other factors helped worsen hunger worldwide, the U.N.
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Precision Drilling meets debt reduction goal, on track to repay $500 million by 2025

Precision Drilling meets debt reduction goal, on track to repay $500 million by 2025

CALGARY — Precision Drilling Corp. says its long-term debt reduction target is on track and it met its 2023 goal by shedding $152 million of debt.
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Builder selected for Cedar LNG's floating system

Builder selected for Cedar LNG's floating system

Onshore construction could begin in second half of 2024
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Parkland Corp.'s largest shareholder no longer has voice on company's board

Parkland Corp.'s largest shareholder no longer has voice on company's board

CALGARY — Parkland Corp.'s largest shareholder no longer has a seat on the fuel retailer's board after the recent resignations of two board members. The Calgary-based company announced on Dec.
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Photos: Woodfibre LNG's worker ship arrives in Vancouver from Estonia

Photos: Woodfibre LNG's worker ship arrives in Vancouver from Estonia

The arrival of the MV Isabelle: Worker accommodation for the construction of the Squamish LNG plant.
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Teck Resources says Quebrada Blanca copper production below guidance for 2023

Teck Resources says Quebrada Blanca copper production below guidance for 2023

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says production for 2023 at its Quebrada Blanca mine fell short of its guidance due to reliability and consistency issues in the fourth quarter.
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Province needs to stop clearcutting, Prince George MLA says

Province needs to stop clearcutting, Prince George MLA says

“A lot of people are pointing fingers and saying I’m anti-forestry. I’m not anti-forestry. I’m anti-forestry with the way we’ve been doing it for the last number of years."
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Vancouver mining giant Teck completes partial sale of steelmaking coal mines

Vancouver mining giant Teck completes partial sale of steelmaking coal mines

Nippon Steel, POSCO now own 23% of Teck's B.C. steelmaking coal mines
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Suncor shares rise after posting second-highest quarter for oil output

Suncor shares rise after posting second-highest quarter for oil output

CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc.'s share price jumped Wednesday as the company reported its fourth quarter oil output was its second-highest quarter ever.
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Canada's clean-tech revolution will be limited without more clean power: Champagne

Canada's clean-tech revolution will be limited without more clean power: Champagne

OTTAWA — Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne spent most of last year doling out big bucks for massive new electric-vehicle battery plants as Canada made some major moves to solidify its green industrial strategy.
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