Many jade mining sites in the Turnagain region of northwestern B.C. are only accessible by helicopter, which makes it ...
The B.C. government said its prohibition came about after it concluded jade mining was damaging sensitive alpine environments ...
Jade is the provincial stone, and in 2016, under the then-B.C. Liberal government, energy and mines minister Bill Bennett declared May 28 as Jade Day, to promote awareness of its "economic benefits." ...
Environmental harm, compliance, and enforcement cited as reasons why the province is curtailing mining operations. British Columbia isn't allowing any new jade mines to open in the northwest, and ...