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Opinion: B.C. needs more than major projects to build a strong economy

Vancouver Sun18 October 2026, 13:00 UTC

Kim Haakstad: We also need to strengthen the industries that already provide jobs, investment and economic activity in communities across B.C. Forestry is one of those industries. Yet we seem to have accepted managing the industry's decline

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