CANOE It would also go a long way to opening up the Bowser and Nechako basins, two large sedimentary basins in central BC, to oil and gas exploration, … Click for more
Archive for the Category ‘North East’
Enbridge pipeline good for Canada, city planner says
North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas Jul 24, 2010
Apache buying BP’s oil and gas assets in Alberta, B.C. for $7 billion
Kitimat, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas Jul 24, 2010
Calgary Herald … gas assets in Canada, Egypt and the United States for seven billion dollars. … and in Egypt’s Western Desert, said the Houston, Texas-based company. … Click for more
Industry Training Authority Calls for Action to Remedy Skills Shortage Caused …
North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Press Releases Jul 24, 2010
Marketwire (press release) … resources within BC’s industry training system and the employer community to meet the challenge of looming skills shortages that could harm the economy. … Click for more
The energy bridge to China
China, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas Jul 24, 2010
Globe and Mail In a worrisome sign, Enbridge presented Northern Gateway for regulatory approval without securing any commitment from oil and gas companies to use it – an … Click for more
B.C. government paying for Google Earth – despite providing free data to web …
BC Economy, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West Jul 13, 2010
Vancouver Sun The government also agreed to convert its numerous databases on water, air quality, topography, fish, land ownership, land use, mining, parks, … Click for more
Site C = Mining
BC Economy, Fort St John, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Viewpoints Jul 6, 2010
On April 19, BC Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Peace River ‘Site C’ Hydroelectric Project had advanced to Phase Three. It’s taken forty years for our province to come full-circle and realize that, once again, northern British Columbia is a significant piece of our provinces future and our bankroll. Forty years ago, it was [...]
Black Press acquires B.C., Alberta papers
North Central, North Coast, North East, North West Jul 4, 2010
Victoria Times Colonist Black Press agreed to purchase the Trail Daily Times, Creston Valley Advance, Fernie Free Press, Grand Forks Gazette, Nelson Daily News, Prince Rupert Daily … Click for more
Canada to capitalise on Australia’s super-tax
BC Economy, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas Jul 4, 2010
Financial Times The harmonised tax is expected to save BC’s mining industry about C$55m ($54m) a year by allowing tax credits on a wider range of inputs, according to Randy … Click for more
Suncor sells another piece of Petrocan empire
Fort Nelson, North East, Oil & Gas Jun 24, 2010
Suncor sells another piece of Petrocan empire Globe and Mail “And this is an area that Suncor, or their predecessor Petro-Canada, … Last July, it bought 10000 hectares of shale gas land near Fort Nelson for …
World Resource Investment Conference
Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Viewpoints Jun 21, 2010
Recently, we attended the World Resource Investment Conference, sponsored by Cambridge House International Inc., Canada’s largest producer of Resource Investment Conferences. As a worldwide conference, this show featured exploration and mining companies from USA, Europe, Australia, South America, Asia and Africa and from right here in British Columbia. Here though, the objective was to mine [...]
