Resources & Agriculture

Local company also finalizing details on project with state-owned power authority

Government’s inexperience with large international projects at heart of delays: UBC prof

B.C. orchards that grow the B.C.-made Ambrosia apple are getting a boost from the provincial government to help promote the new homegrown apple species.

The Chevron Burnaby Refinery, which is competing with U.S. customers for Alberta oil, has had its application for a priority destination for Trans Mountain pipeline oil rejected by the National Energy Board.

Pulp and paper company Domtar is reporting an operating loss of between $30 million and $35 million for the second quarter of 2013 – the result of production problems and maintenance slowdowns at several of its mills.

Studies published in the journal Science may have handed some ammunition to anti-fracking groups in B.C.

Canadian companies still in early stages of conflict minerals compliance: PwCBy Jen St. DenisMost Canadian companies who must comply with complex new U.S. securities regulations around conflict minerals are still in the early stages of compliance efforts, according to a survey released by PwC today.

Mayor says community could be in for ‘decades of growth’ as properties are developed

Capacity in place to deal with spills on either coast; adequate liability funding available: IHS study

North Coast crab fishermen are pulling $100,000 worth of support for important Dungeness crab surveys, following a decision by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to close the Area A commercial crab fishery July 5.