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VICTORIA — The day began with a mounting buzz about the prospects for Kitimat-based LNG Canada becoming the largest private sector investment in Canada and an economic boon to British Columbia.

“Shell poised for LNG Canada decision with signs pointing to yes,” read the headline from the Bloomberg News service. It followed an encouraging report in the Wall Street Journal earlier in the week, pegged to an interview with the CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, lead proponent on the project.

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“We postponed the decision previously when the project wasn’t ready in terms of economic fortunes,” said Ben van Beurden. “But there are only so many times you can postpone and recycle and revisit.”

He suggested the “moment of truth” for the multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas export terminal would arrive “in the next few months.”

But as the Bloomberg report indicated, decision day was closer at hand, with an announcement expected as early as next week from Shell and its partners in Malaysia, China, Korea and Japan.