Resources & Agriculture

Forest Practices Board report predicts sustainable timber shortfall in wake of Interior pine salvage program and recommends province re-evaluate harvest levels in hard-hit areas

The CEO of Vancouver-based Curis Resources (TSX: CUV) is leaving the mineral exploration company to take a job with JDS Energy and Mining group.

Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) has advised management at a Vancouver-based mining company it's divesting all its shares following a strategic asset review.

Kitimat residents are going to the polls this month to give their opinions on the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, but Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen believes the non-binding referendum has been “heavily tainted.”

The Daily Oil Bulletin has produced an interactive infographic that explains the major players, well results, land spending and many other facets of the Duvernay land in Alberta.

Canada may be the top mining destination for investors worldwide, but it is not doing enough to keep its crown as it still needs to allow more private ownership of mineral rights, particularly from First Nations, a new study released Thursday shows.

The Chinese government is sticking by its previous decision to impose a 13% duty on cellulose pulp coming from Canada, the U.S. and Brazil — a move Vancouver-based Fortress Paper (TSE:FTP) says will hurt business.

A workforce-planning coalition and the development of a temporary foreign workers strategy are among the 15 recommendations the B.C. government is adopting from a liquefied natural gas study.

What happens when you chop down a genetically engineered tree?

The owners of the Babine Forest Products sawmill will have to pay just over $1 million to WorkSafeBC as penalty for its role in a deadly explosion and fire two years ago.