Many jade mining sites in the Turnagain region of northwestern B.C. are only accessible by helicopter, which makes it ...
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 ...
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." ...
An aerial viewpoint shows the winding Dease River spilling over its banks along Highway 37, north of the community of Dease Lake. Many jade mining sites in the Turnagain region of northwestern B.C.