B.C.âs âworld-classâ biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines B.C. s biotech is punching above its weight, with key vaccine developments and helping develop treatments to ease the suffering of those infected
Author of the article: Gordon Hoekstra
Publishing date: May 08, 2021  â¢Â 3 hours ago  â¢Â 12 minute read  â¢Â The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech used technology developed in B.C. by Acuitas Therapetuics. The green half-sphere is a cutaway view of the lipid nanoparticle, 1/1000th the width of a human hair. which protects the mRNA, represented by yellow helices. The white clouds are a chemical added to improve efficiency. Photo by Acuitas Therapeutics /PNG
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May 6, 2021
Land Owner Transparency Registry opens to public
Transparency information on interest holders of B.C. real estate is available for public search in the Land Owner Transparency Registry, giving law enforcement and tax authorities a significant tool to combat money laundering in the real estate market, according to the B.C. Ministry of Finance.
The Land Owner Transparency Registry is a first-of-its-kind registry in Canada that requires beneficial ownership disclosure for all land types. Whenever a relevant corporation, trust or partnership buys land in B.C., they are now required to disclose the interest holders of that land and file that information with the registry through a transparency report.
B.C.âs âworld-classâ biotech sector plays key role in developing COVID-19 treatments and vaccines B.C. s biotech is punching above its weight, with key vaccine developments and helping develop treatments to ease the suffering of those infected
Author of the article: Gordon Hoekstra
Publishing date: May 07, 2021  â¢Â May 12, 2021  â¢Â 12 minute read  â¢Â The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech used technology developed in B.C. by Acuitas Therapetuics. The green half-sphere is a cutaway view of the lipid nanoparticle, 1/1000th the width of a human hair. which protects the mRNA, represented by yellow helices. The white clouds are a chemical added to improve efficiency. Photo by Acuitas Therapeutics /PNG
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A B.C. landowner transparency registry meant to combat money laundering that was delayed by a year is now open to the public.
The registry is the first of its kind in Canada and requires corporations, trusts or partnerships that buy land in B.C. to disclose the interest-holders of the land and file that information with the registry through a transparency report.
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The NDP government introduced legislation two years ago to create the registry that was supposed to be ready by spring 2020, but legislative delays caused by COVID-19 pushed back the timeline.
Companies are rushing to get permits before protection comes for critical areas, advocates say.
Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett. SHARES In the year since the government received a report recommending increased old-growth protection, approvals jumped 43 per cent.
Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance.
New mapping released today by the Wilderness Committee indicates the province approved significantly more old-growth logging over the past 12 months than it did the previous year.
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