Resources & Agriculture

Two people are dead and two are injured following a shooting at after an incident at the Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo on Wednesday morning. A suspect was taken into custody, RCMP have confirmed. Police said they were called at about 7 a.m.

British Columbia Premier Christy will soon head off on another foreign trade mission to try to drum up business for B.C.’s nascent liquefied natural gas industry.

The British Columbia government is re-tooling both K-12 and post-secondary education for a yet-to-be-established liquefied natural gas industry. The strategy, called the B.C.

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) proponents in British Columbia have been mostly worried about catching up with Australia, but a price differential between global and Northern American gas prices means they also need to worry about competition from the United States, said Scotiabank economist Patricia Mohr.

Mining execs, industry insiders banking on metallurgical coal glut being temporary

China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) will acquire a 15% interest in Progress Energy Canada's natural gas reserves in northeast British Columbia, as well as in the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility, Progress announced April 29.

Tree farm plan aimed at fibre supply squeeze in wake of pine beetle infestation

A researcher has discovered a mineral from Western Australia that is unique and doesn't appear to be related to any other mineral family.

Despite efforts from Victoria to promote the liquefied natural gas industry, a new poll finds most British Columbians want to ditch fossil fuels in favour of clean energy alternatives.

The families of workers killed and injured in two 2012 British Columbia sawmill disasters will march today in Prince George to call for a public inquiry into the incidents.