Site C Dam

• Site C dam to be delayed a year, more than $5B over budget, B.C. says

  The project is now expected to be completed in 2025, a year after its original completion date.

  Economy

  Feb 26
• B.C. energy minister says ‘helpful’ Site C report will go to cabinet soon

  Bruce Ralston called the report on the problem-plagued dam project ``helpful,'' but wouldn't discuss its findings until they are reviewed by the cabinet and Premier John Horgan.

  Politics

  Jan 8
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• British Columbia was warned about its looming hydro disaster

  The Site C dam has been touted as an energy miracle, Mike Smyth writes, but the costs are spiralling quickly out of control — and now its fate hangs in the balance.

  Commentary

  Nov 26, 2020
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• Cancel Site C? Horgan says he’ll ‘take action’ if report finds ‘it’s the wrong way to proceed’

  'We'll take a good hard look at that evidence, and if the science tells us and the economics tells us it's the wrong way to proceed, we'll take appropriate action,' the NDP leader said Thursday.

  Politics

  Oct 15, 2020
• Letter calls for B.C. to freeze Site C dam project while geotechnical risks probed

  "The Site C project is years away from completion, is mired in problems that may be unfixable, and confronts new, potentially horrendous cost over-runs," states the letter.

  Sep 27, 2020
• COVID-19 case confirmed at Site C dam project for second time

  "Given the precautions taken by the worker while at site, there was a low risk of transmission."

  Sep 16, 2020
• BC Hydro has ‘serious concerns’ over Site C budget due to COVID-19 costs, delays

  BC Hydro has serious concerns about the schedule and budget of the Site C project and is classifying the health of the mega-dam construction as "red."

  Economy

  Jul 31, 2020
• COVID-19 case confirmed at Site C work camp in Fort St. John, B.C.

  The Crown corporation said Friday that a worker arrived at the camp from Alberta on Monday and immediately self-isolated after receiving test results.

  Health

  Jul 17, 2020
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• Key contractor on Site C dam hit with $662,000 WorkSafeBC fine

  In the last three years, PHRP has been assessed WorkSafeBC penalties worth more than $1.6 million.

  Environment

  May 9, 2020
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• BC Hydro ‘scaling down’ work on Site C Dam amid coronavirus pandemic

  A long-time tradesman whose son is working on the Site C Dam, says BC Hydro should suspend construction due to the novel coronavirus.

  Mar 18, 2020