MarketWatch (press release) VANCOUVER, BC, Feb 15, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Avanti Mining Inc. /quotes/zigman/479565 CA:AVT +10.00% ("Avanti" or the "Company") announced today that in accordance with the terms of a bridge loan facility (the "Loan Agreement") dated December … Click for more
Winnipeg Free Press TERRACE, BC – BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman has criticized Terrace city council for its decision to oppose the $5.5 billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline. Coleman said Wednesday he can’t tell municipal politicians what to do, but he prefers local … Click for more
Winnipeg Free Press The Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline will deliver an inflationary oil price "shock" to Canadians of US$2 to $3 per barrel "every year for 30 years," a BC economist predicts. Robyn Allan, former president of the Insurance Corp. of BC and senior … Click for more
Canada First Perspective An aboriginal organization leading the fight to prevent oil tankers on the British Columbia coast once took money from Enbridge Inc., the company hoping to build the pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast port of Kitimat. Click for more
Houston Today 10 jobs fair in Burns Lake. An estimated 400 job seekers attended the fair, which was organized to help former Babine Forest Products workers find their feet after a Jan. 20 fire destroyed the BFP mill. By Rebecca Billard – Houston Today Several … Click for more
CBC.ca – 1 day ago Prince Rupert wants to be BC’s next natural gas hub, and is in talks with BG Group — the world’s second biggest natural gas developer — to make that happen. Click for more
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
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
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
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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