Resources & Agriculture

Pandemic restrictions hit mega-projects

Mega-projects that employed more than 12,000 in 2020 forced to scale back to less than 1,500

Jan 4, 2021 9:05 AM Read more >

Ottawa rejects Chinese SOE bid for Nunavut gold mine on national security grounds

Ottawa has rejected the sale of a Nunavut gold mine to a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE), signalling possible new tensions in the Canada-China relationship in the new year. Officials from TMAC Resources Inc.

Dec 23, 2020 11:41 AM Read more >

Average market cap crashes for B.C.’s top mining stocks

Average stock price and estimated market capitalization reached five-year peak in 2019

Dec 17, 2020 11:00 PM Read more >

Shutting down salmon farms in BC begins in 2022

Federal government confirms plan to end open-net fish farms in BC by 2025

Dec 17, 2020 1:58 PM Read more >

Tools down on TMX following injury

Worker seriously injured on Trans Mountain expansion project

Dec 17, 2020 9:46 AM Read more >

Susannah Pierce named president of Shell Canada

Shell Canada president Michael Crothers set to retire in 2021

Dec 17, 2020 7:35 AM Read more >

Trudeau government unveils hydrogen strategy

Federal government hopes to make Canada a top hydrogen producer

Dec 16, 2020 10:10 AM Read more >

Top B.C. miner winning with silver linings playbook

Vancouver-based Wheaton Precious Metals expands to London Stock Exchange

Dec 15, 2020 11:00 PM Read more >

Province’s fish farming sector faces murky future

Federal plans for sector have forced B.C. company to hit the brakes on expansion plans

Dec 14, 2020 11:00 PM Read more >

Paper Excellence plans mill upgrade in Port Alberni

Paper mill will get $13 million upgrade to expand into food grade paper products

Dec 10, 2020 10:36 AM Read more >