Resources & Agriculture

The list of potential American tariffs that could affect Canada grew Wednesday night when U.S. President Donald Trump dropped the idea of a 25 per cent levy on lumber and forest products.

British Columbia-based forestry giant Interfor reaped an estimated $1.8 million in net profit from logging in old-growth areas that were meant to be preserved, a decision by the province's Forest Appeals Commission says.

The Ministry of Agriculture says the money will be handed out as one-time payments to farmers and can be used to help with needs like tools, training, capital for farm improvement, farm debt repayment and farm wages.

NEBC Connector to transport natural gas liquids from B.C. to Alberta

Williams Lake cancels delegation to Victoria after assurances from energy minister

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he sees an east-west clean electricity network as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market — not new pipelines.

Canadian sugar and confectionary companies would be hit particularly hard if U.S. tariffs come into play because most of the industry's sales go south of the border, experts say.

Premier David Eby has vowed that B.C. will never be so exposed again to the 'whims' of a single person in the White House.

The British Columbia Energy Regulator has toughened its oversight of what it calls "induced" seismic activity after a series of earthquakes linked to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the northeastern corner of the province.