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
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
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
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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, [...]
The Enbridge Pipeline debate is still ranging on with a number of new developments and insights for Northern British Columbia. This $5.5 billion 1,172 km pipeline from Edmonton, Alberta to Kitimat, BC is slated to start in 2016. With the price of raw materials in the mining sector increasing and the price of oil at [...]
BCLocalNews By Alan S. Hale – The Northern View According to Mayor Jack Mussallem, the upcoming lawsuit by the Kitkatla First Nation against the City of Prince Rupert could end up costing the city anywhere from $775000 to $1-Million in legal fees. … Click for more
Located on British Columbia’s beautiful Pacific North Coast and at the mouth of the majestic Skeena River, Prince Rupert is Canada’s Northern Gateway for Asia-North American trade. Prince Rupert is a small northern Canadian city with cosmopolitan features. Just 40 kilometers from the Alaskan Border and a short distance by ferry to the Queen Charlotte [...]
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