Resources & Agriculture

Quebec-based Boralex Inc. (TSX: BLX) is set to acquire a 22MW run-of-the-river hydroelectric project owned by Sequoia Energy Inc. near Gold Bridge, B.C.

Mining: Barkerville’s QR mine to process ore

Companies protecting assets in foreign lands with legal agreements, key relationships

While B.C. timber companies press for greater access to a shrinking fibre basket, thanks to the mountain pine beetle, the provincial government is making less old-growth available to logging on the Sunshine Coast. The B.C.

Alberta-based Petrowest Corp. (TMX:PRW) has entered an agreement to purchase the assets of Peejay Environmental Limited Partnership, including a lease for a landfill site located 108 km north of Fort St. John in northern B.C.

The premiers of B.C. and Alberta are squaring off over B.C. environment minister Terry Lake's statement yesterday that an 8% share of the economic benefits of the Northern Gateway pipeline is not enough. "Given that B.C.

The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) has handed B.C. a “total victory” in a softwood lumber dispute with the U.S., Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, said yesterday. The ruling proves that B.C.

The B.C. government has achieved an 84% reduction in the 2011 mining permit backlog, two months before the target completion date set out in the BC Jobs Plan.

Vancouver-based Rusoro Mining Ltd. (TSX-V:RML) has filed international arbitration against the government of Venezuela 10 months after it nationalized its gold industry and took over the company’s investments without compensation.

Market watchers want to see methodology behind claims of 10.6 million high-grade ounces