Author: William Tan

What killed the $36-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project? | Globalnews.ca

Less than a year after the federal government gave the green light to a new liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia, the companies behind the ambitious plan have pulled the plug.

Pacific NorthWest LNG (or PNW LNG) may eventually be replaced by something else with the same backers, but in its current form — the form approved by Ottawa last fall — it’s dead.

So what killed the project? And who will benefit, or lose out, now that it’s no longer moving ahead?

Source: What killed the $36-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project? | Globalnews.ca

Annual General Meeting on Nov 15, 2016

Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 6.30 p.m.

Venue: BANANA LEAF RESTAURANT 820 WEST BROADWAY V5Z 1J9

Agenda:

1. Approve Minutes of Directors’ Meeting held on November 15, 2015.
2. Acceptance of Resignation as Director by Guilbert Ho.
3. Appointment of Lillian Loh as Director.
4. Appointment of Organizing Committee for proposed public event featuring a talk on Trade & Investment by Senator Yuen Pau Woo, President of Vancouver HQ; followed by general discussion on the event first mooted by Boo Jock Chong.
5. Discussion on matters arising from the mandatory transition process under the new BC Societies Act scheduled to come into force on November 28, 2016.
6. Transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

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Aboriginal, environmental groups to sue Canada over Petronas LNG project – British Columbia – CBC News

Aboriginal and environmental groups will file lawsuits on Thursday against the government of Canada to overturn the permit for a controversial $27 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in British Columbia.

Source: Aboriginal, environmental groups to sue Canada over Petronas LNG project – British Columbia – CBC News