Enbridge pipeline bad for the economy

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

Enbridge offered First Nations cash to study pipeline

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

Burns Lake workers find Houston is hiring

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

Burns Lake was facing disaster even before the explosion

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

Enbridge pipeline to BC coast gets support of Gitxsan hereditary …

Winnipeg Free Press Northern Gateway would help increase Canadian oil exports shipped by tanker from BC ports to China and other Pacific Rim countries. Click for more from the Winnipeg Free Press

Smart meters boost trades training

BCLocalNews Corix, the utility company who won the bid to install smart meters across BC, is working with Thompson Rivers University and The Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment and Training Association to provide 10 First Nations workers in Terrace with an … Click here for more from BCLocalNews

Asian markets loom as remedy for North American gas woes

Calgary Herald It’s the Horn River play being developed by Apache and Encana that has the companies looking to build a pipeline across BC to the future liquefaction and export terminal in Kitimat. Apache Canada president Tim Wall said this week even if Kitimat LNG … Click for more on this story from the Calgary [...]

BC native band’s Beijing trade office doing booming business

Globe and Mail British Columbia’s native communities have often been, at best, reactive to Chinese investment in energy and mining projects. But that is starting to change. The Kaska Dena Council in Northern BC is in the final stages of a deal with a Chinese company … Click for more

Nadina Community Futures Looks to Create Artisan Economy

Nadina Community Futures is seeking proposals to create a economic market and potential export program for Artisans in the Nadina region. This region would include Burns Lake, Smithers and Houston areas along with other small communities in the area. This project was brought forward by the Chief Louie Paddle Company from the Cheslatta First Nation [...]

Alaska Pipeline Project Community Hearings

Trans Canada Pipelines as part of the Alaska Pipeline Project with ExxonMobil will be holding a number of hearings in Northern British Columbia in the coming weeks. The hearings will take place the following dates April 19 – West Moberly First Nation, Dunne-za Lodge, 330-730pm April 21 – Fort St John, North Peace Cultural Centre, [...]

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