Resources & Agriculture

The provincial government has appointed Geoff Freer to mediate a stand-off between the Tahltan First Nation and Fortune Metals Ltd. (TSX:FT) over a controversial coal project proposed near the Sacred Headwaters in northern British Columbia.

Grape-crushing trend, increase in wineries produce record number of B.C. wine brands in 2013

As Canadian miners explore and operate in 4,300 projects around the world, sustainability and responsibility are increasingly the credentials required

Agreement took four years to complete; considers everything from exploration activities to job-training programs

The "free-entry" system under which prospectors are free to enter onto public lands to explore and acquire rights to minerals through staking has existed in Canada since the turn of the last century and has been integral to encouraging mineral exploration and maintaining a viable mining industry in Canada.

One of the first of a new generation of mines being developed in B.C., Red Chris was a key catalyst for the Northwest Transmission Line

Remaining dependent on the United States as the only foreign market for its oil and gas exports will cost Canada up to $50 million per day, according to a report released today by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCOC).

Growth of Chinese economy good news for B.C., says PwC director

Lafarge predicts Texada Quarrying, B.C.’s oldest mining operation, to have another 200 years’ worth of limestone

Mining giant Anglo American plc has withdrawn from a large-scale project in Alaska it co-owned with Vancouver’s Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM).