Resources & Agriculture

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

Mining : Hostage drama for B.C. silver miner in Bolivia

The federal government, which has recently come under fire over its decision to save $800,000 annually by closing the Kitsilano coast guard station, has found $7.3 million in new funding to ensure other B.C. waterways are safe.

BC Hydro 's former head bean-counter is now officially the utility's CEO – a job he's held on an interim basis since former CEO Dave Cobb 's hasty exit nearly a year ago.

Nearly 70% of Canada’s farmers plan to retire in 10 years, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which is urging the federal government to adopt tax and regulatory policies designed to attract the next generation of farme