A vast tract of land in southeastern British Columbia — sheltering old-growth forests, grizzly bears and other wildlife — will be permanently protected from logging by a major conservation project ...

The Canadian Federal Government recently announced it will perform a separate environmental review of a proposed coal mine expansion in the Elk Valley that many conservation groups and other entities ...

Known as the Kootenay Forest Lands, the project is located within the homelands of the Ktunaxa Nation, which has endorsed the project. Kootenay Forest Lands will now be held under conservation ...

Glencore's subsidiary Elk Valley Resources is said to be cutting 140 jobs across its four steelmaking coal operations in British Columbia, Canada, almost 3% of its workforce of around 5,000 employees.

More than 450 square kilometres of forestry land in southeastern B.C. has been protected from logging, the Nature Conservancy of Canada announced this week.