Resources & Agriculture

A couple of months after stalking out of a Halifax national energy strategy conference due to a tug-of-war with Albertan Premier Alison Redford over just how much revenue B.C.

Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX-V:WND) has announced victory over investment fund manager Savitr Capital LLC in a proxy vote yesterday.

Local clean-energy producers look overseas as North American markets shrink

Mining

Employment strong in Nass Valley, but Alberta oil luring trained workers east

Experts say companies must adopt PR, legal strategies to mitigate nationalization risk

Bruce Aitken, the CEO of Methanex Corp. (TSX:MX), has announced his retirement. John Floren, the company's senior vice-president of global marketing and logistics, will take over from him at the start of 2013.

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is applauding the federal government for the "unprecedented success" of its $1 billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Fund (PPGTP).

Five B.C. mines were honoured for their reclamation efforts at the Annual BC Mine Reclamation Awards banquet in Kamloops last week.

The BC Supreme Court has appointed an independent chairman for an upcoming annual general meeting of Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX-V:WND), which is fighting a proxy battle while in the midst of trying to find a buyer.