Business Open House

There will be a number of companies such as Galaxy Broadband www.galaxybroadband.ca and Timberspan Wood Products www.timberspan.ca at an open house on Thursday April 26 at 12985 Willow Cale Road in Prince George. This open house is being presented by Northern BC Business www.northernbcbusiness.com and Northern BC Mining www.northernbcmining.com. At this event businesses involved with [...]

Northern Gateway: Pipeline to Ecological Disaster

Pacific Free Press by Ray Grigg l Shades of Green Enbridge’s proposal to build a 1172 km Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to Kitimat through some of the most challenging and remote territory on the planet exposes wild rivers, landscapes and a pristine BC coast to … Click for more

Transport Canada has ‘no regulatory concerns’ with plans for Northern Gateway …

Yahoo! News Canada (blog) Transport Canada gave thumbs-up to a key component of the plan. The federal department told the Joint Review Panel examining the project that it had "no regulatory concerns" with Enbridge’s plans to bring the giant tankers to Kitimat on the northern BC … Click for more

Minister slams Terrace, BC’s opposition to Northern Gateway pipeline

Winnipeg Free Press TERRACE, BC – BC Energy Minister Rich Coleman has criticized Terrace city council for its decision to oppose the $5.5 billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline. Coleman said Wednesday he can’t tell municipal politicians what to do, but he prefers local … Click for more

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

Fort St John Airport

With the recent announcement of Westjet serving small regional airports in Canada, FortSt Johnhas shown interest in being part of the destinations. There has also been interest from Enerjet www.enerjet.ca looking to includeFortSt John in their plans. This company specializes in charter 737 flights for large groups in the oil and gas sector. ThisCalgary based [...]

Province’s workforce continues to shrink

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

A tale of two pipelines: the Northern Gateway and the Keystone XL

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

Public hearings on Enbridge’s Northern pipeline to begin Jan. 10

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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