Resources & Agriculture

A Tahltan Elders-led First Nations group known as the Klabona Keepers has ramped up a showdown against a coal mining company in northern British Columbia – and the group members say they dare the company to arrest them.

The views of British Columbians and Albertans are markedly dissimilar when it comes to the topic of hydraulic fracturing – a method of natural gas extraction known as fracking – according to an Insights West survey conducted in partnership with Business in Vancouver and JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group.

The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) voted September 19 to call on the provincial government to work with First Nations, municipalities, industry and citizens to modernize British Columbia's "free entry" mining laws.

Total capital costs of major projects hit a new record in 2013's second quarter, according to the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – British Columbia (ACEC-BC) quarterly MPI Report, released September 19.

The provincial government has appointed Geoff Freer to mediate a stand-off between the Tahltan First Nation and Fortune Metals Ltd. (TSX:FT) over a controversial coal project proposed near the Sacred Headwaters in northern British Columbia.

Grape-crushing trend, increase in wineries produce record number of B.C. wine brands in 2013

As Canadian miners explore and operate in 4,300 projects around the world, sustainability and responsibility are increasingly the credentials required

Agreement took four years to complete; considers everything from exploration activities to job-training programs

The "free-entry" system under which prospectors are free to enter onto public lands to explore and acquire rights to minerals through staking has existed in Canada since the turn of the last century and has been integral to encouraging mineral exploration and maintaining a viable mining industry in Canada.

One of the first of a new generation of mines being developed in B.C., Red Chris was a key catalyst for the Northwest Transmission Line