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North Coast, North West, Prince Rupert
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
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
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North Coast, North West, Prince Rupert
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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
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Employment, North Coast, North West, Prince Rupert
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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
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BC Economy, Employment, Fishing Industry, Forest Industry, Fort St John, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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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BC Economy, Burns Lake, Employment, First Nations, Forest Industry, North Central, North West
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
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
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BC Economy, Hudson Hope, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
CTV.ca Charles Heit, a Gitxsan First Nation member opposed to the $5.5-billion Enbridge oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia port of Kitimat warms himself beside a fire at a camp outside the Gitxsan Treaty Office in Hazelton, BC, … Click for more
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Kitimat, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
CBC.ca Stars lend power to fight The public hearings continue in Kitamaat Village Wednesday before moving on to Terrace, BC, Thursday afternoon. MAP Canada’s crude oil pipeline Charting TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline Members from Douglas Channel … Click for more
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Kitimat, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
GlobalNews.ca As the fate of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project is decided at lengthy public hearings in Kitimat, BC, Globalnews.ca compares Enbridge’s plans with TransCanada’s Keystone XL proposal. ENBRIDGE: The Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline is a proposed … Click for more
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BC Economy, Dawson Creek, Fort St John, Kitimat, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas, Prince George, Prince Rupert
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Vancouver Sun Enbridge’s Northern Gateway bid is to build two pipelines from Bruderheim, 60 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, along a 1172-kilometre route to Kitimat on the BC coast. One would be a 36-inch pipe, which would deliver to Kitimat for export up to 525000 … Click for more
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BC Economy, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Vancouver Sun The forecast, drawn up by Houston-based consultant Harold York for the firm Wood Mackenzie, is largely based on the expectation that Alberta oil sells at a higher price on an international market than it does in North America. … Click for more