Resources & Agriculture

Cheakamus Community Forest five-year plan draws mixed reactions

WORCA raises concerns about potential impacts to popular trails

Jun 19, 2023 2:32 PM Read more >

Your B.C. gas bill could be dropping by up to $125/year

FortisBC's rate change will save B.C.'s residents an average of between $90 and $125 per year on home heating bills.

Jun 19, 2023 12:41 PM Read more >

Hampered by highway closing, mill owner San Group to build ramp for barges at Port Alberni

Costs climb as forestry company is forced to use detour to deliver goods: “We can not depend on just one highway.”

Jun 19, 2023 9:27 AM Read more >

Mining deal-making declines, but Beaty and others see opportunities

Global mining sector mergers and acquisitions fell in first half of year

Jun 19, 2023 9:06 AM Read more >

Province helps fund new timber production facility

The facility is expected to be ready for small-scale operations later in 2023, with full operations beginning in 2024.

Jun 19, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Hampered by highway closing, mill owner San Group to build ramp for barges at Port Alberni

Costs climb as forestry company is forced to use detour to deliver goods: “We can not depend on just one highway.”

Jun 18, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

Canada’s first renewable diesel refinery to open in Prince George

Tidewater Renewables will produce 170 million litres of renewable, low-carbon fuel per year at the refinery.

Jun 16, 2023 5:23 PM Read more >

Vancouver’s Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm

Tech deploys high-voltage pulses of power to disintegrate rock

Jun 16, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >

BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources

The province is also promising $140 million for the B.C. Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative.

Jun 15, 2023 3:19 PM Read more >

Carbon pricing exemption bill not likely to pass until fall

The chances of Bill C-234 making it through the Senate before the summer recess are slim.

Jun 15, 2023 2:45 PM Read more >