Resources & Agriculture

Local companies cashing in as labour crunch pushes energy giants to buy more on-site housing for imported workers

Taseko Mines Ltd .

Locating outside “crowded” Okanagan and taking part in the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival provide competitive advantages for B.C. wineries

Windset Farms and Village Farms are two examples of how the carbon tax is sending local innovators south of the border

After a months-long communications blackout, talks have begun between Taseko Mines (TSX:TKO), the Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG) and the province regarding the $1.1 billion New Prosperity copper-gold project near Williams Lake.

On February 29, more than 20 companies from northern B.C. will come to Vancouver to host the Job Fair of Northern BC.

The province has renewed its support of B.C.'s natural gas industry by providing up to $120 million in royalty credits to encourage development.

Vancouver-based Corix Group of Companies ’ utilities arm has spent an undisclosed amount to buy large U.S. utility Hydro Star, LLC. from Highstar Capital Fund II, L.P. and other owners, the company announced February 20.

Value of province’s oil and gas rights sales dropped 74% in 2011 amid suffering prices

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon’s fiscally disciplined provincial budget has been warmly received by the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia (AME BC) for making B.C. a “safe harbour” for investment.