Resources & Agriculture

Year in review: Gouging, government policies blamed for B.C. gas price spikes

Experts file reports with utilities commission citing laundry list of explanations for how much we pay at the pump

Dec 29, 2019 11:00 PM Read more >

Year in review: Sawmill closures hurt B.C. communities

Interior towns hardest hit by closures, curtailments

Dec 28, 2019 11:00 PM Read more >

Year in review: Why civic governments are trying to restrict cannabis-growing on ALR land

Delta pushes provincial government to cap the number of cannabis operators on farmland

Dec 24, 2019 11:00 PM Read more >

Year in review: Global energy transition powers surge in demand for metals

Low-carbon economy driving transformation of industry worldwide

Dec 22, 2019 11:00 PM Read more >

Taseko, Tsilhqot'in agree to truce in epic battle

Mining company and First Nation that have been at legal loggerheads for more than a decade agree to talk

Dec 20, 2019 9:59 AM Read more >

Kuterra gets new lease on life

American company signs long-term lease with land-based salmon farm

Dec 20, 2019 8:58 AM Read more >

Enbridge to create 300 new jobs for T-south pipeline expansion

The demand for natural gas as a source of heat and the need for a reliable pipeline system to transport that resource is about to spur the northern B.C. economy.

Dec 19, 2019 9:33 AM Read more >

District of Squamish provides feedback on Woodfibre floatel application

Squamish council raised concerns about housing, accessing health and emergency services and power

Dec 18, 2019 9:39 AM Read more >

Mediated bargaining breaks down for Western Forest Products workers

Western Forest Products announced Tuesday that talks have broken down in mediated bargaining that had resumed Dec. 12 with the striking United Steelworkers Union.

Dec 18, 2019 9:32 AM Read more >

Why the province’s working forests aren’t working

Industry leader calls for a B.C. working-forest designation with rigid regulatory goalposts

Dec 17, 2019 11:00 PM Read more >