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Enbridge pipeline good for Canada, city planner says

Enbridge pipeline good for Canada, city planner says

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

Apache buying BP’s oil and gas assets in Alberta, B.C. for $7 billion

Apache buying BP’s oil and gas assets in Alberta, B.C. for $7 billion

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 …

Industry Training Authority Calls for Action to Remedy Skills Shortage Caused …

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

The energy bridge to China

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 …

B.C. government paying for Google Earth – despite providing free data to web …

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

Site C = Mining

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

Black Press acquires B.C., Alberta papers

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

Canada to capitalise on Australia’s super-tax

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

Suncor sells another piece of Petrocan empire

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

World Resource Investment Conference

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 [...]

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