Resource Works

10/06/2026

The world got more dangerous. And that just made Canadian energy more valuable.

Last week LNG Canada approved Phase 2: $33 billion to double B.C.’s LNG exports to Asia.

Refineries hit by drones. Energy infrastructure attacked. Shipping lanes at risk. Countries want energy that’s actually safe, and they’re rediscovering Canada.

Watch to the end: Japan’s prime minister actually thanked us.

10/01/2026

Canada is an energy superpower.

So why has almost all of our oil and natural gas been sold to just one customer?

Karen Graham explains why diversifying Canada’s energy exports has become one of the country’s biggest economic priorities—and why building access to global markets matters for jobs, investment and long-term prosperity.

What do you think Canada’s energy strategy should look like?

09/29/2026

B.C. votes twice this October: municipal elections on Oct. 17, provincial on Oct. 24.

Local councils decide what gets built beside our ports, railways and employment lands. Those decisions shape an economy that reaches far beyond city limits.

Siavash Tahan explains the resource economy hiding in plain sight in Metro Vancouver.

09/29/2026

LNG Canada Phase 2 is a go.

The expansion will double the Kitimat facility's LNG export capacity to 28 million tonnes per year, making it one of the world's largest LNG export terminals.

Why does it matter?
🇨🇦 For British Columbia: billions in new investment, jobs and opportunities for businesses throughout the supply chain.
🇨🇦 For Canada: stronger access to global markets and a bigger role as a reliable energy supplier.
🌏 For the world: more LNG supply for countries looking to diversify their energy sources, with Canada's West Coast providing one of the shortest shipping routes to Asia.

A major milestone for Canadian energy.

LNG Canada makes FID on $33 billion expansion in Kitimat

09/28/2026

B.C. is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and it holds vast quantities of the resources the world needs. Two things the world treasures, in the same place. So how do you make both work?

That’s the question Terry Etam opens with in his first monthly column for Resource Works. A longtime Calgary energy writer, Terry has spent over a decade chronicling Canada’s energy sector.

Read his first column for Resource Works at ResourceWorks.com

09/28/2026

If you work where capital meets concrete, this is a good use of a Friday.

Energy, Mines & Progress In Toronto on October 23: with the federal Minister of Energy and Natural Resources taking questions, Trans Mountain and Agnico Eagle at the table, and 250 people who finance, build and approve Canada’s major projects.

Ninety minutes. Risk, regulation, and what actually gets built.
Fairmont Royal York, Friday 23 October. Registration closes 20 October.
Tickets and details: resourceworks.com/events

09/18/2026

Canada has two coasts—and two very different approaches to salmon aquaculture.

From St. John’s Newfoundland, Stewart Muir looks at why open-net-pen salmon farming is being developed and regulated on the Atlantic coast while being phased out in British Columbia, and what that discrepancy means for investment, coastal communities and the future of Canadian aquaculture.

BC Salmon Farmers Association

09/15/2026

Get It Done B.C. 2026 was a huge success yesterday, bringing together leaders from across the province, getting conversations started the day before UBCM.

One panel really got the room buzzing. That was From City Hall to Parliament Hill with Mayor Brad West, BC Greens Party leader Emily Lowan, and MP Ellis Ross.

For those who weren't in the room, you can watch what happened next here:

On September 14th 2026, Resource Works hosted the second annual GET...

09/04/2026

B.C. just started building the one project that quietly unlocks almost everything else on the North Coast.

On September 3, shovels broke ground near Prince George on the North Coast Transmission Line, which will more than double the power available to the region. Waiting on it are LNG projects like the $30-billion Ksi Lisims, critical-minerals mining and port expansions, work projected to support around 9,700 jobs.

Today, the shovels are in the ground. Now keep them there.

B.C.’s single most consequential piece of enabling infrastructure just moved from press release to construction site. Here’s what the North Coast Transmission Line actually unlocks—and the one test that’s left.