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BC copper and coal mine projects get government approvals

BC copper and coal mine projects get government approvals SteelGuru Vancouver based Terrane Metals Corporation has proposed building its Mount Milligan copper gold project northwest of Prince George. … Click for more Technorati Tags: Terrane Metals,Copper,Mount Milligan,Prince George,Mining

NRP Stone, Inc. Signs Dealer in British Columbia, Canada

NRP Stone, Inc. Signs Dealer in British Columbia, Canada MarketWatch (press release) … Inc. (PINKSHEETS: NRPI) announced today that the company has signed an agreement with Reynars Funeral Home located in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. … Click for more Technorati Tags: Dawson Creek,Northern BC Business,Pinksheets,NRP Stone

A green project you say …

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper travelled all the way to the US capitol to announce that $130 million in “green-infrastructure” funds have been earmarked to support a new transmission line for Northern BC. I’m confused. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I can’t imagine the potential economic benefits that a new transmission line could [...]

Loans help interior forest companies move ahead

Loans help interior forest companies move ahead Clearwater North Thompson Times Northwest Wood Preservers will get $2 million to purchase a fingerjoint plant and build a complimentary new pellet plant on the Vanderhoof Specialty Wood … Click for more Technorati Tags: Vanderhoof,Northern BC Business,Vanderhoof Specialty Woods,BID Construction

Why Go Public?

There are many benefits to being a public company. Some of the most compelling advantages can include:  1. Access to capital When you “go public” and become a public company, it can give investors more confidence in investing in your company. When your stock has a public price, it gives you a benchmark price to [...]

Time for Coffee?

Tim Horton’s is on the move again: an unsubstantiated rumor has it that TH will open a new location in Prince George’s Pine Centre Mall later this year and will open a new full-service restaurant in Burns Lake in the spring. The same rumor suggested that an interested group in Houston courted Tim Horton’s in [...]

Going Public in the USA

There are several advantages of going public in the USA as compared to Canada. Each exchange has a variety of positive and negative features that allow the raising of capital and prestige of being on the markets. There are a number of ways of going public on the exchanges in the US but the simplest [...]

Slow rebound seen for forest sector

Prince George Citizen In Prince George, a proposal is on the books to build a $50 million bioenergy plant that would produce power for the BC Hydro grid but also bio-oil and … Click for more Technorati Tags: Prince George,Northern BC Business,BC Forestry

BC and Fort St. John chambers of commerce differ on Site C dam

BC and Fort St. John chambers of commerce differ on Site C dam Georgia Straight By Matthew Burrows The Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce is not taking a position on the potential Site C dam, though the BC Chamber of Commerce … Click for more Technorati Tags: Fort St John,Peace River,Site C [...]

EnCana Sees Kitimat LNG Export Terminal as ‘Very Viable’

EnCana Sees Kitimat LNG Export Terminal as ‘Very Viable’ Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) The Kitimat LNG export terminal, proposed for Western Canada, has a strong chance of becoming a reality, an executive of EnCana — North America’s largest … Click here for more Technorati Tags: Encana,Port of Kitimat,Port Development,Kitimat,Northern BC Business

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