Posted by oneadam
North Coast, North West, Prince Rupert
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Prince Rupert Northern View By Shaun Thomas – The Northern View Looking back at 2011, Prince Rupert Port Authority CEO Don Krusel says it should be one of many record-breaking years to come in a bright future for the group and the region. The port authority ended the year with … Click for more
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BC Economy, North Central, Vanderhoof
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Vanderhoof Omineca Express BC Hydro unveiled plans to the district last week for a much bigger substation and new transformer that will double this area’s power capacity. Vanderhoof District’s committee of the whole met with Hydro’s go-to guy last week so they could see plans … Click for more
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Employment, North Coast, North West, Prince Rupert
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Prince Rupert Northern View During an earning call on January 26, Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan CEO William J. Doyle said a decision has yet to be made on a potash export facility on Ridley Island in Prince Rupert. The proposed Canpotex export terminal, along with a rail and … Click for more
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BC Economy, Employment, Fishing Industry, Forest Industry, Fort St John, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Canada.com He started his consultation with local business and political leaders as well as other interested stakeholders in Fort St. John. "The immigration task force is part of the BC Jobs Plan. A strategy aimed at preparing for the expected economic boom," Yap … Click for more
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BC Economy, Burns Lake, Employment, First Nations, Forest Industry, North Central, North West
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Globe and Mail After an explosion destroyed the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake last week, families in the community lit two candles for missing and injured workers. Then they lit a third candle for the mill itself. Since the mill opened in 1975 as a … Click for more
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BC Economy, Hudson Hope, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
CTV.ca Charles Heit, a Gitxsan First Nation member opposed to the $5.5-billion Enbridge oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia port of Kitimat warms himself beside a fire at a camp outside the Gitxsan Treaty Office in Hazelton, BC, … Click for more
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Mining
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
January 23, 2012Exploration Update Lone Pine Property Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Bard Ventures Ltd. (the “Company“) is pleased to advise that it has begun reviewing and interpreting the exploration data on the Lone Pine Property (the “Property“) following the drilling results received after the completion of the last exploration program. This will enable the Company [...]
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Mining
Friday, January 20th, 2012
January 20, 2012The Grouse Mountain Property Exploration Update Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Bard Ventures Ltd. (“Bard” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its technical staff is planning the next phase of exploration on its 100% owned Grouse Mountain Property (the “Property”) (see news releases dated May 9, 2007 and October 12, 2011). The [...]
Posted by fadams
Mining
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
January 18, 2012Bard Ventures – Closes 2nd And Final Tranche Of Financing Vancouver, BC, Canada –Bard Ventures Ltd. (“Bard” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that on January 17, 2012 it closed the second and final tranche of the non-brokered private placement for 1,000,000 non-flow-through units at $0.05 per unit (the “NFT Units“) (previously [...]
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Kitimat, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
CBC.ca Stars lend power to fight The public hearings continue in Kitamaat Village Wednesday before moving on to Terrace, BC, Thursday afternoon. MAP Canada’s crude oil pipeline Charting TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline Members from Douglas Channel … Click for more