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CALGARY — An oil and gas labour shortage is one of the factors that could prevent Canada from moving quickly to address energy demand in the wake of U.S. sanctions against Russia.

Employment in Northeast B.C. plunged by 1,100 jobs in February, though the unemployment rate was still too low to be reported for a third straight month, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.

The BC Oil and Gas Commission says it has decommissioned two-thirds of the province’s 766 orphan well sites.

Average gas prices in Fort St. John took another jump Wednesday, putting prices at most pumps on the cusp of $2 a litre.

Northern B.C. saw more overnight visitors in early February than in the comparable weeks in 2019

"Unprecedented strength in global lumber markets" credited for new milestone

TC Energy says it has signed option agreements to sell a 10% equity interest in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Limited Partnership to Indigenous communities across the project corridor.

Experts say Canada's oil industry has some capacity to increase exports to the U.S. in the wake of President Joe Biden's move to ban all Russian oil imports.

WorkSafeBC has fined a Penticton-based company more than $57,000 for what it called high-risk safety violations at a gravel crushing plant in Hudson’s Hope.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's minister of public safety says the province has no plans to follow Alberta's lead to reduce its tax on gasoline to ease rising prices at the pumps.