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Oil and gas well drilling to pick up in 2024: Forecast

Oil and gas well drilling to pick up in 2024: Forecast

Industry group says most of this growth is expected to happen in the second half of 2024
B.C.-based Vitreo proposing $300M mine north of Prince George

B.C.-based Vitreo proposing $300M mine north of Prince George

The proposed mine would supply frac sand used for hydraulic fracturing in the Montney Basin oil and gas region in northern B.C. and Alberta
Vancouver's Silvercorp Metals sweetens offer for Tanzania-focused OreCorp

Vancouver's Silvercorp Metals sweetens offer for Tanzania-focused OreCorp

The improved offer follows rumours that influential shareholders in the takeover target were growing increasingly dissatisfied
B.C. Liberal MP urges immediate emissions cap on oil and gas sector

B.C. Liberal MP urges immediate emissions cap on oil and gas sector

In a letter to cabinet, Liberal MP Patrick Weiler called on government to set an emissions cap that "does not contain any extensions, exceptions or loopholes."
To save climate, oil and gas sector must slash operations: International Energy Agency

To save climate, oil and gas sector must slash operations: International Energy Agency

The current investment of $800 billion a year in the oil and gas sector will need to be cut in half, says International Energy Agency
Uranium sector ‘scrambling’ to fill supply gap

Uranium sector ‘scrambling’ to fill supply gap

The green energy transition is gathering pace as governments from California to Europe ease aversion to nuclear power more than a decade after the Fukushima disaster
Seabridge wins first round of tussle with Vancouver's Tudor Gold

Seabridge wins first round of tussle with Vancouver's Tudor Gold

Canadian mining companies at odds over KSM copper-gold project
Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed

Local chicken industry has placed itself on level 'red'
U.S. study finds B.C. coal-mining toxin in American waters

U.S. study finds B.C. coal-mining toxin in American waters

Treatment only 'making a small dent,' says lead author of study
Canada uncorks $1.5B critical minerals fund

Canada uncorks $1.5B critical minerals fund

Ottawa started a $3.8 billion critical minerals strategy last year to help develop metals used in technologies like batteries, wind turbines and solar panels