Canadian earnings season picked up pace, with telecom major BCE Inc BCE.TOreporting a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter profit. Feb 2 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's resources-heavy main stock index edged higher on Thursday as commodity prices rose, while dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell boosted risk appetite globally. Markets cheered the Fed's smaller interest rate hike on Wednesday and dovish cues from remarks by Powell, who said during a news conference that the "disinflationary" process was underway.