Resources & Agriculture

The B.C. government has told Kinder Morgan it wants more details about the oil company’s response plans in the event of a spill along the Trans Mountain pipeline’s proposed expansion.

Canada’s forestry industry is second only to agriculture when it comes to increased sector productivity, according to a new report released by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and British Columbia has been on the leading edge of that.

Richmond-based pulp and paper company Paper Excellence plans to open its Chetwynd pulp mill as early July. The mill, located in northeastern British Columbia, has been idle since September 2012.

A Vancouver junior miner with an impeccable pedigree – Tahoe Resources Inc. (TSX:THO) – is reporting its first ever cash-positive earnings from its new silver mine in Guatemala.

A joint review panel of provincial and federal environment ministries studying environmental impacts of the proposed $8 billion Site C dam has found no reason the dam can’t go ahead.

Mongolia is preparing to overturn last year’s cancellation of more than 100 mining licenses following a corruption investigation, in a further attempt to revive investor confidence in the mineral rich nation.

Canada's biggest energy transport company Enbridge (TSX, NYSE:ENB) posted a 56% jump in first-quarter earnings May 7, driven by "solid" operating results across its businesses, amid fresh threat from First Nations to take their battle against the firm’s proposed $6.5 billion Northern Gateway to the company’s doors.

Former longtime owners of CedarCreek Estate Winery plan to build a new destination winery that will focus on sparkling wine.

Opposition to Trans Mountain expansion is more about the pace of oilsands development than it is about pipeline safety, says environmental lawyer

Despite the recovery of the North American housing market, B.C. lumber producers had a rough start to the year, as weather and the Vancouver truckers’ strike led to disruptions that are now showing up in first quarter results.