Resources & Agriculture

Gas drilling rights sold for lake and provincial park in Northeast B.C.

Local conservation groups raise red flags about drilling under Swan Lake

Dec 18, 2014 8:00 AM Read more >

Drilling demand up in northeast B.C. despite dropping oil prices

November and December netted the highest returns of the year for oil and gas exploration rights in northeast B.C., in spite of...

Dec 17, 2014 9:54 AM Read more >

Avian flu found in wild birds in Washington state; not known if it is related to B.C. epidemic

Two strains of bird flu have been found in Washington state just south of the Lower Mainland

Dec 17, 2014 8:17 AM Read more >

Site C dam gets green light

Mega-dam presents paradox for industry, which needs the power but could see inflation on LNG projects from labour crunch

Dec 16, 2014 10:38 AM Read more >

Vancouver potash miner could lose Brazilian mining rights due to unpaid taxes

The Brazilian government could revoke the mining rights for Vancouver’s Canadian Pacific Potash Corp. because the miner failed to...

Dec 16, 2014 8:49 AM Read more >

Stockwell Day pitches ‘Canada’s greenest refinery’

Pacific Future Energy refinery proposed for Prince Rupert would be half the cost of David Black’s $22 billion Kitimat Clean

Dec 15, 2014 11:00 PM Read more >

Warming reveals more ore opportunities

A 10% loss of B.C.’s glacial ice since the 1980s has uncovered more mineral deposits that increase new mine feasibility in the province

Dec 15, 2014 11:00 PM Read more >

Meet niobium, mining market’s hot new supermetal

Local miners aim to cash in on lucrative niobium market with mines in B.C., Nebraska

Dec 15, 2014 11:00 PM Read more >

Shuswap First Nations push mining guidelines

Rules carry little legal weight but would be foolish for companies to ignore, experts say

Dec 15, 2014 11:00 PM Read more >

Proposed changes to Canadian takeover regime would kill ‘poison pills’ in hostile acquisition attempts

Who should have the biggest say on responding to a hostile takeover, the target company’s directors or its shareholders?

Dec 15, 2014 11:00 PM Read more >