Resources & Agriculture

Forestry Outlook 2016: Forecast is for stability

Falling demand in China for B.C. lumber is being offset by growing demand in the U.S. as low-cost mills, depressed Canadian dollar help exports

Jan 5, 2016 5:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver junior miner goes into receivership

A Vancouver-headquartered junior mining company focused on a single copper project in Arizona, has gone into receivership and its directors and chief executive officers have...

Jan 4, 2016 9:56 AM Read more >

Christmas tree crisis hits Vancouver after long summer drought

Hot, dry summer takes its toll on selection of trees available in leadup to Christmas

Dec 18, 2015 9:40 AM Read more >

No charges laid for Imperial Metals from 2014 Mount Polley tailings breach

Imperial Metals has escaped charges relating to the breach at its Mount Polley tailings pond in...

Dec 18, 2015 9:19 AM Read more >

North Coast no place for oil pipeline: Justin Trudeau

Prime minister reiterates opposition to Northern Gateway pipeline but stops short of saying it's dead

Dec 17, 2015 2:06 PM Read more >

Tsawwassen First Nations members vote no to LNG facility

Members of the Tsawwassen First Nation have voted against the proposal to...

Dec 17, 2015 9:40 AM Read more >

Forestry managers have no power to stop damaging logging: watchdog

The Forest Practices Board says district managers need the authority to withhold cutting permits if they pose hazards

Dec 15, 2015 3:48 PM Read more >

Site C protesters set up camp in historic fur trade fort

Opponents of the Site C dam project have set up at the site of the Rocky Mountain Fort, a provisioning post where...

Dec 15, 2015 9:01 AM Read more >

Turquoise Hill’s Oyu Tolgoi signs $4.4 billion financing deal

Vancouver’s Turquoise Hill has signed a $4.4 billion agreement to finance a huge expansion of...

Dec 15, 2015 8:30 AM Read more >

B.C.’s carbon capture conundrum: economics versus environment

Spectra Energy wants to build a $500 million carbon capture and sequestration plant at its Fort Nelson gas processing plant. What’s the holdup?

Dec 14, 2015 11:00 PM Read more >