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| New addition to C-suite reflects importance of green concerns
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PETER KENNEDY
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
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When Vancouver Port Authority officials sat down to mull over the ramifications of merging with two of its smaller counterparts in British Columbia's Fraser River basin, one thing they had to consider was the environmental impact of future expansion.
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| Old buzzwords, new approaches
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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From the day they are hired, John Colangeli thinks it's a good idea to engage his employees and make them feel like they really belong. So about three times a year, the Lutherwood chief executive officer rents a small bus and takes new recruits on a tour of the company's southern Ontario office sites.
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| Working to bridge the development gap
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PETER KENNEDY
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
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In research centres across the country, it is sometimes called ''the valley of death'' -- the gap that developers must cross as they try to take promising prototypes out of university labs and into commercial production.
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| Gruelling preparation for Olympic SMB hopefuls
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, October 18, 2006
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In a move as eagerly anticipated as the games themselves, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games is gearing up to issue licences to small and medium-sized companies seeking to attach their names to the Winter Games.
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| Using DNA to build a better chardonnay
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PETER KENNEDY
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
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When it comes to wine, Martin Godbout thinks of himself as a social drinker rather than an outright connoisseur.But as chief executive officer of Genome Canada, he understands the potential impact of scientific research that aims to help grape growers produce high-quality wines more consistently.
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| Saving the environment puts Westport on top
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PETER KENNEDY
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
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It started out as a research project that aimed to strike a blow for the environment by getting diesel engines to run on cleaner alternatives, such as natural gas.In 1994, University of British Columbia Professor Philip Hill could see that manufacturers of diesel engines -- currently the backbone of the world's commercial transportation system -- would come under increasing pressure to reduce the level of cancer-causing particulates spewing from vehicle exhaust fumes.
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| Central bank issues stimulus warning
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HEATHER SCOFFIELD, PETER KENNEDY
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
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The Bank of Canada has issued a rare warning to federal and provincial governments that they should not use their windfalls to take actions that would overheat the Canadian economy and provoke inflationary pressure.
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| BCSC staff fails to prove Pacific Int'l allegations
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
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British Columbia Securities Commission staff have failed to prove that Pacific International Securities Inc. and its directors turned a blind eye to money laundering and mob-related stock manipulation, a regulatory panel has ruled.
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| Ontario, Minnesota mills to shut, 400 jobs at stake
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Peter Kennedy
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Thursday, August 31, 2006
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Closings and layoffs in the Canadian forestry sector continue to grow amid news that two large producers are shutting high-cost mills in Ontario and Minnesota, a move that will affect more than 400 jobs. Norampac Inc. said it is indefinitely shutting down its Red Rock linerboard mill in northwestern Ontario ''due to unfavourable economic factors.'' About 300 jobs will be affected. Norampac, a joint venture of Domtar Inc. and Cascades Inc., said the closing will be effective within 90 days. Meanwhile, Ainsworth Lumber Co. is permanently shutting down one of its oriented strandboard production lines at a Minnesota mill, and eliminating 110 jobs. DTC (TSX) rose 9 cents to $7. CAS (TSX) was unchanged at $12.75. ANS (TSX) fell 20 cents to $17.15.
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| Catalyst board spurns Third Avenue
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PETER KENNEDY
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
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Catalyst Paper Corp. has rejected an unsolicited bid to double its stake in the company from U.S. investment firm Third Avenue Man management LLC, calling it ''inadequate'' and ''coercive.''
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| Ottawa touts 'majority' in softwood deal
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SIMON TUCK AND PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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The Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute moved closer to conclusion yesterday as Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that a ''clear majority'' of forestry producers in all regions support his government's draft deal, and that he will take it to Parliament next month.
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| Ontario following B.C. over deal for softwood
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PETER KENNEDY AND SIMON TUCK
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Friday, August 18, 2006
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Support appeared to be building yesterday for a controversial deal to end the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute.After talking with forest industry executives in the province, Ontario Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay said he is optimistic that most forestry producers involved in the long-running trade wrangle will agree to support the proposed softwood agreement, which would see the United States retain $1-billion (U.S.) of the $5-billion in punitive tariffs it collected on Canadian softwood imports since May, 2002.
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| Catalyst rights plan riles largest shareholder
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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Catalyst Paper Corp.'s largest shareholder, Third Avenue Management LLC, is irked by the Vancouver pulp and newsprint company's decision to respond to its $129-million tender offer by adopting a shareholders rights plan.
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| Kitimat vows to fight Alcan expansion plan
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006
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The northwestern British Columbia community of Kitimat is vowing to thwart a smelter expansion plan that would give Alcan Inc. the right to sell excess power from its B.C. aluminum operations back to the hydro grid at lucrative prices.
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| Alcan thought long and hard before Kitimat expansion
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Peter Kennedy
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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Revamping aging smelters in places like northwestern British Columbia may soon be a thing of the past as the global aluminum industry looks to serve its customers by expanding in regions where construction costs are much lower.
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| Alcan to expand aging Kitimat smelter
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PETER KENNEDY
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Monday, August 14, 2006
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Aluminum company Alcan Ltd. is ready to kick-start a long-awaited $1.8-billion expansion of its aging Kitimat smelter in northwestern British Columbia, taking advantage of buoyant commodity markets.
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| New Intrawest owner could break up firm
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PETER KENNEDY
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
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Ski resort operator Intrawest Corp. has agreed to be bought by U.S. private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC in a $1.8-billion (U.S.) transaction that could result in the Vancouver company being broken up.
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| Ottawa sets deadline for lumber deal
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TAVIA GRANT, PETER KENNEDY
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Thursday, August 10, 2006
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Canada's forest industry will spend the next couple of weeks considering the fate of the softwood lumber deal with the United States in the face of an Aug. 21 deadline announced by International Trade Minister David Emerson yesterday.
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| B.C. aviation firms face skills shortage
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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A Victoria company that wants to restart production of the Twin Otter, an icon among Canadian-built aircraft, is facing a familiar problem afflicting British Columbia's booming aerospace sector: a skills shortage.
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| Timber truce ultimatum draws fire
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STEVEN CHASE AND PETER KENNEDY
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Friday, August 04, 2006
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Softwood producers reacted angrily yesterday to Ottawa's threat that it will offer them no further help if they reject the Canada-U.S. timber truce, with one person warning that some CEOs might boycott next week's summit with International Trade Minister David Emerson.
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| Domtar CEO balks at trade deal terms
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PETER KENNEDY
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006
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The head of one of Quebec's largest forest companies yesterday joined the call for changes to the controversial deal that aims to settle the Canada-U.S. softwood lumber dispute.
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| Canfor warns on slumping U.S. house market
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PETER KENNEDY
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006
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Canada's largest lumber producer, Canfor Corp., sees trouble ahead in a slowing U.S. housing market that has sent key timber prices tumbling to a below-break-even level for a large part of the forestry industry.
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| Third Avenue makes bid to boost stake in Catalyst
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PETER KENNEDY
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Thursday, July 27, 2006
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Catalyst Paper Corp.'s largest shareholder has launched a $129-million tender offer that would double its stake in the B.C. pulp and newsprint company to 38 per cent, a move one source said is aimed at acquiring the clout to protect its investment.
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| BTI, Westport to partner on LNG deal in China
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Peter Kennedy
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Saturday, July 22, 2006
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Alternative energy firm Westport Innovations Inc. has signed a partnership deal with Beijing Tianhai Industry Co. Ltd. to manufacture liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks in China for sale to the trucking industry. Already a seller of natural gas engines through a joint venture with U.S. giant Cummins Inc., Vancouver-based Westport is teaming up with BTI, Asia's largest manufacturer of compressed natural gas containers. BTI is producing 1.5 billion units per year. Each company will contribute $400,000 (U.S.) toward the joint venture company, called BTIC Westport Inc., which aims to be a low cost manufacturer of LNG tanks for sale in markets in California and elsewhere. The companies will share the profits on an equal basis. Westport is providing the technology, with BTI contributing its manufacturing capabilities. WPT (TSE) rose one cent to 94 cents.
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