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Things are looking better for once-troubled Douglas Channel LNG, a proposed liquefied natural gas export facility near Kitimat, now that partners in the consortium officially completed the transfer of ownership.

The province is accepting comments until today on a proposal for the Murray River coal river mine that HD Mining wants to build near Tumbler Ridge.

The manager of Dawson Creek's airport says lower fares and more fly-in workers are behind record-setting passenger numbers in 2014.

Project slated to bring 175 jobs during construction and 9 permanent jobs when it becomes operational at the end of 2016; "Once Site C out of the way, new demand going to be met by the IPPs” — Bennett

Although no final investment decisions were made in B.C.

A decision could be made this year on a proposed $2.5 billion gas plant near Chetwynd that would come with up to 300 full time jobs.

Oil refinery proposals face gas refinery competition: Local companies planning multibillion-dollar gas and methanol facilities in Chetwynd

Two 'shovel ready' projects could provide desperately-needed jobs for community reeling from mine closures

On Tuesday, the province announced that it would invest upwards of $8.77 billion to build a third hydroelectric dam on the Peace River, this one approximately 7 km southwest of Fort St. John at Site C.

The cost just jumped for the proposed Site C dam. Premier Christy Clark’s office confirmed that $8.5 billion is “in the range” of how much Site C could cost – and that number could go even higher. “(The cost) could be a bit higher in the end but $8.