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Goldcorp (TSX:G) was forced to evacuate more than 300 workers from its Musselwhite mine last week, as a forest fire raged across northwestern Ontario.

One of the province’s largest coal producers says it remains focused on its businesses in B.C., despite the fact that its CEO tendered his resignation three months after landing the job.

China has surpassed the United States for the first time as the top export market for B.C.’s softwood lumber, the provincial government announced this morning. In May, B.C.

Home sales in Vancouver were up again in June, but nowhere near the numbers posted on the Sunshine Coast. B.C.

Canadian spending rose 38% in the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year, according to Moneris Solutions. That surpasses the first quarter of 2011.

Lesley Stowe has achieved enormous success with her Raincoast Crisps and is preparing to expand her brand in the coming months. While tight-lipped on the specifics, Stowe told Business in Vancouver that it is not simply a new flavour of crisps.

Canadian economic growth is in jeopardy if U.S. lawmakers don’t raise their country’s debt ceiling, the Conference Board of Canada said today in a report.

Federal Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver was in Vancouver Thursday handing out “green” transformation money to help B.C. mills become more competitive. Oliver announced new investments totalling $53.

Proponents of a $3 billion liquefied natural gas terminal in Kitimat have yet to decide if they’re going to build their project, but that hasn’t stopped them from snapping up land in the region.

Struggling aircraft designer Avcorp Industries (TSX:AVP) drew down a $6 million loan and extended its debenture with Export Development Canada (EDC) Wednesday.