Firm to pay $50K fine

A B.C. company has been ordered to pay $50,000 in penalties for illegally importing a herbal oil containing a protected orchid species. Environment and Climate Change Canada says Topwin Trading Co. Ltd. pleaded guilty to violating a trade act earlier this month, three years after the Canada Border Services Agency intercepted a shipment containing over […]

Climate change impact

The federal government has to prepare communities that are economically dependent on coal for a future when their products aren’t needed if it wants to maintain public support for climate-change action, says a task force on making that transition work. The Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities is filing […]

Canadian crash victims

UPDATE 6:45 a.m. A senior UN official and a New Brunswick forester were among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said one of its Canadian-born employees was among the victims of the deadly crash of […]

Imperial sells mine stake

Imperial Metals Corp. has signed a deal to sell a 70 per cent interest in its Red Chris copper and gold mine in Northern B.C. to Australia’s Newcrest Mining Ltd. for US$806.5 million in cash. The company, which will retain a 30 per cent stake in the mine, will form a joint venture for the […]

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