Resources & Agriculture

Proponents of the Enbridge (TSE:ENB) Northern Gateway Project are facing another hurdle after Kitimat residents voted 'No' to supporting the pipeline — albeit in a non-binding plebiscite.

Victoria city council has passed a motion supporting a mining moratorium in a First Nations group's territory where a subsidiary of Imperial Metals (TSX:III) has been granted an exploration permit.

Two revenue-sharing agreements were signed with the Lax Kw’alaams and Metlakatla First Nations in British Columbia April 9 related to the development of LNG projects at Grassy Point.

Amid concern that changes to British Columbia's Agricultural Land Commission will open up more Interior farmland to development comes news that the Nature Trust of British Columbia has bought its first property since 2012, in the Kootenays, and will be able to preserve those two hectares from construction.

Vancouver’s Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G)(NYSE:GG) has boosted its hostile takeover bid for Osisko Mining Corp. to a total $3.6 billion, or $7.65 per share, the senior gold producer announced April 10.

Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (TSX:CUM) had record production in its southern British Columbia mine in 2014’s first quarter.

Although Malaysia's Petronas won't decide until the end of this year whether to export LNG from Canada, the company is already pumping billions of dollars into the Canadian economy.

Kinder Morgan is pondering yet another route change for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, one that involves drilling through Burnaby Mountain and avoiding the Westridge neighbourhood altogether.

The number of targeted cyber-attacks increased an alarming 91% last year, with mining companies as well as oil and gas firms among the most at risk of being attacked, reveals a study published April 8.

Growing Forward 2 funding research into honeybee colonies, raw-milk cheeses