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          <title>B.C. Government Quietly Undercuts Province&amp;#8217;s Ability to Feed Itself</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Ben Parfitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>B.C. Taxpayers Paid Millions for the Prime Farmland BC Hydro Will Flood with Site C Dam</title>
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          <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Sarah Cox</dc:creator>

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               Center Top               </category>
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               Ross Peck               </category>
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               Wendy Holm               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Site C Dam Gets Federal and Provincial Approval, But B.C. Investment Decision Still Pending</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2014 23:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

          
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               Agricultural Land Reserve               </category>
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               ALR               </category>
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               Andrea Morison               </category>
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               Canadian Geothermal Association               </category>
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               CanGEA               </category>
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               Energy               </category>
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               Fort St. John               </category>
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               Gwen Johansson               </category>
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               Hudson's Hope               </category>
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               Joint Review Panel               </category>
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               Karsten Heuer               </category>
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               Leona Aglukkaq               </category>
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               Peace River               </category>
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               PVEA               </category>
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               Roland Willson               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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               West Moberly               </category>
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               West Moberly Chief Roland Willson               </category>
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               Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative               </category>
               

          
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          <title>New Maps Reveal B.C. Has Enough Geothermal Potential to Power Entire Province</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Erin Flegg</dc:creator>

          
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               Agricultural Land Reserve               </category>
                              <category>
               Alison Thompson               </category>
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               ALR               </category>
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               BC Hydro               </category>
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               Canadian Geological Survey               </category>
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               Canadian Geothermal Energy Association               </category>
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               Energy               </category>
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               Geothermal energy               </category>
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               hydroelectricity               </category>
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               Pacific Ring of Fire               </category>
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               Peace River               </category>
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               Peace Valley               </category>
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               Site C dam               </category>
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               Stephen Grasby               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Poll: Majority of British Columbians See Farmland as Vital to Public as Forests and Water</title>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Chris Rose</dc:creator>

          
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               Abra Brynne               </category>
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               Agricultural Land Reserve               </category>
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               ALR               </category>
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               BC Food Systems               </category>
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               Bill 24               </category>
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               farmland               </category>
                              <category>
               Jack Wong               </category>
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               Kevin McCort               </category>
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               McAllister Opinion Research               </category>
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               Natural Resources               </category>
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               Real Estate Foundation of BC               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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               survey               </category>
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               Vancouver Foundation               </category>
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               Wendy Holm               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Field of Dreams: Peace Valley Farmers, Ranchers Fight to Keep Land Above Water As Site C Dam Decision Looms</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

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               Agricultural Land Reserve               </category>
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               ALR               </category>
                              <category>
               Arlene Boon               </category>
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               BC Hydro               </category>
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               BC Utilities Commission               </category>
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               Bear Flats Farm               </category>
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               david suzuki foundation               </category>
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               Esther Pedersen               </category>
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               Eveline Wolterson               </category>
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               Fort St. John               </category>
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               hydroelectricity               </category>
                              <category>
               Ken Boon               </category>
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               Okanagan Valley               </category>
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               Peace River               </category>
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               Peace Valley               </category>
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               Poul Pedersen               </category>
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               Renee Ardill               </category>
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               Site C dam               </category>
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               Wendy Holm               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Only Four in 10 British Columbians Have Heard Of This $7.9B Mega Project — Have You?</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/only-four-10-british-columbians-have-heard-mega-project-have-you/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 18:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               Alexander Mackenzie               </category>
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               ALR               </category>
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               BC Hydro               </category>
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               BCUC               </category>
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               Charlie Lake Cave               </category>
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               food security               </category>
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               Geothermal               </category>
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               Natural Resources               </category>
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               Peace River               </category>
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               Peace River Country               </category>
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               Peace Valley               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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               Treaty 8               </category>
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               Yellowstone to Yukon               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Anxious Communities Still Without Answer on Fate of Site C Mega-dam After JRP Report Release</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/communities-without-answer-fate-site-c-after-jrp-report/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2014 03:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

          
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               ALR               </category>
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               Andrea Morison               </category>
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               B.C. Utilities Commission               </category>
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               BC Hydro               </category>
                              <category>
               Bill Bennett               </category>
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               CEAA               </category>
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               Gwen Johansson               </category>
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               Joe Foy               </category>
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               John Horgan               </category>
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               JRP               </category>
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               Leona Aglukkaq               </category>
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               Liz Logan               </category>
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               LNG               </category>
                              <category>
               Mark Jaccard               </category>
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               Natural Resources               </category>
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               Peace River               </category>
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               Peace Valley               </category>
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               Peace Valley Environmental Association               </category>
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               Ross Peck               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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               Treaty 8 First Nations               </category>
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               Wilderness Committee               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Fears of Cost Overruns, Flooding of Peace Valley Loom on Eve of Site C Dam Report</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/fears-cost-overruns-flooding-peace-valley-loom-eve-site-c-dam-report/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 15:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

          
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               ALR               </category>
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               Andrea Morison               </category>
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               B.C. Utilities Commission               </category>
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               BC Hydro               </category>
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               Bill Bennett               </category>
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               CEAA               </category>
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               Clean Energy BC               </category>
                              <category>
               Erik Andersen               </category>
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               Joe Foy               </category>
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               JRP               </category>
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               Leona Aglukkaq               </category>
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               LNG               </category>
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               Paul Kariya               </category>
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               Peace River               </category>
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               Peace Valley               </category>
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               Peace Valley Environmental Association               </category>
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               Site C dam               </category>
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               Wilderness Committee               </category>
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               World Convention on Dams               </category>
               

          
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          <title>B.C. Farmland Could Be Flooded for Site C Megadam if Changes to Agricultural Land Reserve Proceed</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-farmland-could-be-flooded-site-c-megadam-if-alr-changes-proceed/</link>
          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

          
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               Agricultural Land Commission               </category>
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               Agricultural Land Reserve               </category>
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               ALC               </category>
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               Bill 24               </category>
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               Bill Bennette               </category>
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               food security               </category>
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               Peace Valley               </category>
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               Peace Valley Environmental Association               </category>
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               PVEA               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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               Wendy Holm               </category>
               

          
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