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B.C. transportation ministry changes Kootenay Lake ferry project manager

The B.C. transportation ministry says it is changing project managers for the new Kootenay Lake ferry, which will be four years late and at least $54 million over budget by the time it begins operations in 2027. Western Pacific Marine, which operates two ferries on Kootenay Lake, was awarded the new ferry’s contract in 2021.

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Contaminated fuel caused crash on west coast flight — TSB

Water-contaminated fuel was the cause of 2023 plane crash that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada says “substantially damaged” the the aircraft. On Dec. 18, 2023, a Wilderness Seaplanes Ltd. Grumman G-21A Goose amphibious aircraft left Bella Bella to Port Hardy with one pilot and four passengers. Before departure, the plane was refuelled from a

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BC Hydro sues Vanderhoof family for blocking work on major transmission line

BC Hydro is taking a Vanderhoof ranching family to court, claiming the family is impeding construction of the $6-billion North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), one of the federal government’s “nation-building” projects that’s billed as way to power new gas and mining projects in the so-called “golden triangle” in northern B.C. A petition filed in B.C.

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