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BIV News resources reporter. I cover energy, mining, forestry and fisheries.

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First Nations plan to build new coastal sawmill

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By Nelson Bennett Verified, Kevin Mason, Robert McKellar
| treefrogcreative.ca
It’s one of the great paradoxes of B.C.’s declining forestry sector. Large forestry companies continue to divest from B.C. and shutter sawmills and pulp mills, largely due to a lack of access to affordable fibre. Meanwhile, in Coastal B.C., there seems to be plenty of timber available, mostly in the form of second growth. In 2025, only half of the 15 million cubic metres of the coastal available cut was harvested, according to the Truck Loggers Association.
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Blackwater gold mine to triple production in $1.6B expansions

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By Kathy Michaels Verified, Jeff Bell Verified, Nelson Bennett Verified
| Castanet News Verified
BC News Photo: Castanet The Sails in Kelowna Aug. 20. People living in the Southern Interior woke up to worsened air quality Thursday, as ever-thickening wildfire smoke settled in for yet another day. According the provincial government, warnings were in the range of a moderate yellow to more significant orange, depending on where one lived. Most of the Okanagan — with the exception of the South Okanagan which was orange— was under a yellow warning.
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Blackwater gold mine to triple production in $1.6B expansions

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By Nelson Bennett Verified
| CastanetKamloops.net
Nelson Bennett / Business in Vancouver - Aug 20, 2026 / 10:54 am | Story: 628638 Just over a year after the Blackwater gold mine near Prince George poured first gold, the mine's owners, including B.C. property developer Ryan Beedie, are moving forward on $1.56 billion in phased expansions that will more than triple production.
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