Resources & Agriculture

A $746-million transmission line project meant to power Imperial Metals’ (TSX:III) Red Chris mine has gone into service, BC Hydro announced Wednesday (August 13).

Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with the In-SHUCK-ch Nation for the development of six hydroelectric projects in British Columbia.

True Gold Mining Inc. has secured financing from Franco-Nevada Corporation (TSX:FNV) and Sandstorm Gold Inc. (TSX:SSL) in an agreement to finance the construction of the Karma mining project in West Africa.

Mount Polley tailings pond disaster could have negative impact on other mine proposals in the province, analyst says

A British Columbia city is so opposed to pipeline carrier Kinder Morgan’s bid to include it on an alternate route for the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) that it’s ready to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that would give the carrier access to city lands.

Changes make it easier for oil industry and other sectors to use farmland

Another mining company has run up against the Tsilhqot’in First Nation, whose aboriginal title to land in its traditional territory was recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Ten million gallons of water released when a tailings pond dam for the Mount Polley mine collapsed should not pose a danger to people or fish, Brian Kynoch, CEO for Imperial Metals Corp. (TSX:III), said at a press conference this afternoon (August 5).

A breach of the tailings pond at Imperial Metals Corporation’s (TSX:III) Mount Polley mine took place in the early morning of August 4, causing a large debris field to enter Polley Lake and a flow of slurry to proceed down Hazeltine Creek to Quesnel Lake.

Beekeepers, scientists debate merits of discontinuing nicotine-derived insecticides