Derrick Penner

The Vancouver Sun

Exports up as Port of Vancouver handles record cargo at half-year mark

By: Derrick Penner

A three-per-cent increase in exports helped push the Port of Vancouver to a new record of handling 88 million tonnes of cargo to start 2026

The Province

David Eby bets big on potential for more major projects in 'Build B.C. Strong' platform

By: Derrick Penner

NDP leader David Eby has put up his government's record on attracting major projects in a "build B.C. strong" election platform

The Vancouver Sun

LNG Canada's $30 billion-plus Phase-2 project in Kitimat gets go-ahead

By: Derrick Penner

LNG Canada has announced it will be moving forward with an expansion of its liquefied natural gas plant in Kitimat

The Vancouver Sun

Reduced softwood lumber duties hardly a relief for B.C. as dispute drags on

By: Derrick Penner

The U.S. set lumber duties and tariffs at 35 per cent until its next review. B.C. lumber producers consider the charges punitive and unjust.

The Vancouver Sun

B.C. forest industry bristles at proposal to reduce compensation in First Nation land transfers

By: Derrick Penner

The province committed to a process that would limit compensation owed to forest tenure holders on land transferred to First Nations

The Province

North Shore Election 2026: Trio of incumbent mayors fend off challengers

By: Lori Culbert, Derrick Penner

It's election day on the North Shore as North and West Vancouver voters head to the polls to choose who will lead them for the next 4 years.

The Vancouver Sun

Conservatives promise to amp up harvest for B.C.'s beleaguered forestry sector

By: Derrick Penner

B.C. Conservatives make a promise to increase timber harvests to 45 million cubic metres per year, despite tariffs and poor markets.

The Vancouver Sun

Port of Vancouver hopes expansion under gateway strategy will win back business

By: Derrick Penner

The Port of Vancouver is working on the business case for the next phase of its gateway strategy to attract bulk-commodity exporters

The Vancouver Sun

B.C. Election 2026: Surrey voters to decide hotly contested ridings

By: Sobia Moman, Derrick Penner

It's election day across B.C. and voters in Surrey are headed to the polls.

The Vancouver Sun

Ksi Lisims LNG inches closer to green light by turning German utility agreement into firm contract

By: Derrick Penner

Ksi Lisims LNG signed a binding deal with German firm Securing Energy for Europe for just under eight per cent of proposed plant's output