Resources & Agriculture

It may be a few years yet before a liquefied natural gas industry pushes the price for Canadian natural gas back up to what it was a decade ago, but a "good old fashioned winter" has at least given Canadian gas producers a temporary windfall, according to TD Economics.

Conifex Timber Inc. (TSX-V:CFF) has posted a much-improved net income of $9.5 million in 2013, compared with a net loss of $16.2 million in 2012, the company reports in its 2013 fourth-quarter financials.

Vancouver's Pan American Silver (TSX:PAA) posted a net loss of $293.1 million in 2013, attributable in most part to an impairment charge on its Dolores Mine resulting from long-term metal prices and increased taxes in Mexico.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong used today's budget speech to lay more groundwork for B.C.'s liquefied natural gas industry.

A new mental health facility planned for Vancouver General Hospital received a $1.5 million donation on February 18 from Taseko Mines Ltd. (TSX:TKO) – the largest corporate contribution the project has received thus far.

Production up in 2013, but coal, copper and zinc prices all dropped in the fourth quarter

The National Energy Board (NEB) has rejected a request from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a two-week extension to the February 12 deadline for submissions on participating in a public hearing on the proposed Trans Mountain expansion.

Troubled Vancouver mining firm Baja Mining (TSX:BAJ) will de-list from the Toronto Stock Exchange and join the TSX Venture Exchange.

Union leader Jim Sinclair says laying all the blame on WorkSafeBC for a failed investigation into a fatal sawmill disaster won't fix fundamental problems with how workplace safety laws are applied in British Columbia.

Vancouver-based Lignol Energy Corporation (TSX-V: LEC) is getting into business with Milio International for a joint venture in Australia.