Resources & Agriculture

B.C. dairy farmers fear trade deal will flood market

Trans-Pacific Partnership will put industry at disadvantage, stakeholders say

Aug 4, 2015 8:46 AM Read more >

Pretium’s Brucejack mine gets green light

Pretium plans to start construction on new high-grade gold mine later this month

Jul 31, 2015 3:43 PM Read more >

Rainy weekend a mixed blessing for B.C. farmers

Many blueberries burst following sudden rain though weather was great for potatoes, vegetables

Jul 31, 2015 1:23 PM Read more >

AltaGas plans new liquefied propane plant in B.C.

AltaGas Ltd. (TSX:ALA), the Alberta company that has already invested $2 billion in B.C. in recent years, is planning to spend another $1 billion over the next two years.

Jul 31, 2015 10:07 AM Read more >

Goldcorp slashes dividend 60% as gold value plummets

Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), the world’s largest publicly traded gold miner by market value, has slashed its dividend by 60% to keep balance sheets healthy as bullion prices have dropped to five year-lows this month.

Jul 30, 2015 5:13 PM Read more >

Banks Island Gold stock down on pollution stop order

Banks Island Gold Ltd. (TSX-V: BOZ), a junior mining company that went into production on Banks Island on the B.C. north coast, has taken a stock price hit, following a pollution abatement order for unauthorized discharge of mine waste.

Jul 30, 2015 10:07 AM Read more >

B.C.'s LNG job boom overstated, according to think tank’s report

The 100,000 jobs the provincial government has promised due to LNG projects across...

Jul 29, 2015 10:31 AM Read more >

BCGEU announces its opposition to Site C

The BC Government and Services Employees Union (BCGEU) has joined the opposition against Site C. “Site C is the wrong choice for British Columbia.

Jul 28, 2015 10:06 AM Read more >

New chapter in controversial Barkerville Gold saga

Can billionaire investor Eric Sprott turn the company’s misfortunes into fortune?

Jul 28, 2015 12:00 AM Read more >

Drop in price of oil has delayed $200b in global oil and natural gas investment

Global oil and natural-gas producers have delayed $200 billion of investment in more than 45 projects following the slump in crude prices, according to Wood Mackenzie Ltd.

Jul 27, 2015 2:35 PM Read more >