Resources & Agriculture
BIV's resources and agriculture coverage provides the latest news in the mining, oil and gas, agriculture and fisheries sectors in Vancouver and British Columbia
Revenge of the miners
Long scorned as environmental villains, miners now saviours in green transition: Robert Friedland
New Prosperity mine: Not quite dead?
Tsilhqot’in support Taseko’s application for extension to environmental certificate
Asian LNG spot prices go stratospheric
Cost of shipping LNG from BC doubled, but is being offset by sky-high spot prices
CAPP projects $1 billion increase in BC upstream investment
CAPP forecasts modest recovery in Canadian oil and gas upstream in 2021
North Island MP calls for economic transition summit
Phasing out fish farms will result in 1,500 job losses for North Island communities
Island mayors slam Trudeau fish farm phase-out
BC MPs, MLAs largely silent on plan to shut down fish farms in Discovery Islands
Alternative energy sector growing despite pandemic
Median employment at the top B.C. companies grew 68% over the past year
Justin Trudeau’s hydrogen strategy widely praised
Plans are already underway to build a green hydrogen production plant in British Columbia
Teck wins exploration tax appeal
BC Supreme Court rules against province in dispute over exploration tax claims
Pandemic restrictions hit mega-projects
Mega-projects that employed more than 12,000 in 2020 forced to scale back to less than 1,500