Resources & Agriculture

Opposition to oil pipelines in B.C. spawns suggestions for alternative routes and methods

The province's mining sector invested an estimated $680 million in exploration last year, Premier Christy Clark said Monday at the opening of a conference of the Association for Mineral Exploration BC (AME BC).

New rules fail to protect sawmill jobs, says NDP critic – but loggers welcome changes

HD Mining has announced that it is sending 16 temporary foreign workers (TFWs) at its Murray River coal project back to China.

In race to service global natural gas market, BC LNG is the first proponent to sign a major supply contract, but some fear it sets the bar too low

Mining employment and output in Canada’s north will double by decade’s end, according to a Conference Board of Canada report released this morning.

The BC Securities Commission has issued a new report aimed at improving the public reporting by publicly traded B.C. mining companies.

Deal talks have broken down between Vancouver-based Western Wind Energy Corp. (TSX-V:WND) and Bermuda-based Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN), the companies have announced.

Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) announced January 24 that it will open a new seafood processing facility in Richmond and operate it under the brand name C2C Premium Seafood.

Vancouver-based Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ) is advising its shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid by Toronto-based Alamos Gold (TSX:AGI) and has adopted a shareholder rights plan.