Resources & Agriculture

Environmental costs far outweigh economic benefits of developing LNG

LNG will help B.C.’s economy and global carbon reduction initiatives

Supplier of sand and gravel to major infrastructure builders posts 2013 recovery after four down years resulting from U.S. construction market tailspin

According to a recent Deloitte analysis, the cash resources for the median Vancouver producer or developer have dropped 35% over the past two years and the number of mining companies with more than $5 million in debt has jumped 68%

Many heavy industries are targets of hackers, but resource sector cost cutting and opposition from activist groups are increasing miners’ vulnerability to sabotage

The decades-long battle over BC Hydro’s Site C dam proposal for the Peace River is once again underway, as the first day of public hearings on Hydro's latest push for the project began in Fort St. John on Monday.

Viability of ambitious resource projects evaporating as commodity prices stall

Access to investment capital drying up, but exploration is helping stimulate growth for some companies in British Columbia

Concrete and steel construction industry alarmed at spread of B.C.’s Wood First policy

Progress Energy Canada Ltd., Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd. and Petronas have signed transaction agreements whereby PetroleumBrunei, through its affiliates, will acquire a 3% interest in Progress Energy Canada's natural gas assets in northeast British Columbia and in the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG export facility.