Last working coal mine on Vancouver Island shuts down, marking end of era

The last working coal mine on Vancouver Island has halted production indefinitely, marking the end of an industry that established towns, a railway, and some of the province's first labour unions, says a B.C. historian.

CBC News | January 17, 2016 | 1:06 pm

Millions of people being contaminated with toxic mercury used in mines

The largely unregulated use of mercury has created a major worldwide environmental hazard.

CBC News | December 30, 2015 | 2:58 am

Commodity price slump undercuts mining sector

Chinese demand kept Canadian mines humming - now there's too much supply of metals, minerals.

CBC News | December 28, 2015 | 1:00 am

Map shows oil sands air pollution doesn’t reach N.W.T., Yukon

A new computer-generated video from Environment Canada shows people in the territories shouldn't be overly concerned about air pollution from Alberta's oilsands affecting their health.

CBC News | October 13, 2015 | 1:23 am

Rio Tinto to suspend operations at Quebec titanium mine

Rio Tinto will lay off 100 workers and put about 250 on temporary layoff at its iron and titanium mine in Havre-Saint-Pierre, Que.

CBC News | September 6, 2015 | 3:43 pm

Almost all big North American potash projects are in Saskatchewan: report

If there's any doubt Saskatchewan dominates potash production in North America, a new report notes than nine out of 10 of the continent's biggest potash projects are in the Canadian province.

CBC News | August 21, 2015 | 11:47 am

False gold scam in Canada results in arrest of Chinese national

Bao Sheng Zhong, a Chinese national living in Richmond, B.C., now faces three counts of fraud for allegedly scamming two Asian women and one Asian man from the Lower Mainland.

CBC News | June 30, 2015 | 1:47 am

The world is awash in oil — is Canada making it worse?

Collectively, Canada's energy sector lost more than $600 million in the first three months of this year, and the Canadian economy shrank in the same period, as the collapse in oil prices took its toll.

CBC News | June 23, 2015 | 2:00 am

Canadian First Nations offered $1bn to approve gas project

A Petronas-led natural gas partnership in British Columbia is offering a Canadian aboriginal community Cdn$1bn to approve a new energy project.

CBC News | May 4, 2015 | 9:33 am

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