Ten Thousand Jobs on Tumbler’s Doorstep?

Tumbler Ridge News A recent announcement by Encana and Mitsubishi will see the Japanese giant investing $2.9-billion to purchase 40% of Encana’s Cutbank play, a sprawling area 165500 hectare area that centres on Dawson Creek, but stretches from Tumbler Ridge in the west … Click for more

Tumbler Ridge Wind Project

Capital Power www.capitalpower.com has started shipping the new wind turbines fromPortland for the new project in 10 km northeast of Tumbler Ridge. The turbines from Vestas were not expected until May 2012, but with the warmer spring weather the bases will be delivered to the site. Major construction will start 2-3 months early and will [...]

Mine Buying Tumbler Ridge Hotel

Canadian Dehua International Mines Group is buying the Twilight Lodge motel, with the sale expected to complete by the end of this month. The lodge, located at 115 Founders Street in Tumbler Ridge, includes 28 rooms, with eight having queen size beds. Dehua has not indicated what their plans are for the hotel. Grande Prairie-based [...]

Four Square for Northern British Columbia

If you are a retail business that has customers come to you door you need to be on Four Square. If you are not you are missing out on the marketing for your business with the tech savvy generation. In order to be “on” Four Square you need to understand what it is and how [...]

Wildmare and Tumbler Ridge Wind Projects Close to Development

Finavera Wind Energy TSXV: FVR) is pleased to announce the Company’s 77 megawatt  Wildmare and 47 MW Tumbler Ridge Wind Energy Projects have successfully passed the screening stage of the British Columbia Environmental Assessment process. These projects are two of the Company’s four projects that were each awarded 25 year power purchase agreements from BC [...]

Canadian coal stocks fired up as demand outstrips supply

Source: Globe and Mail A decade ago, people were predicting that the northeastern British Columbia community would soon become a mining ghost town – a victim of a dying coal … Click for more

Is BC’s energy answer blowin’ in the wind?

Straight.com Last month, as part of its Clean Power Call program, BC Hydro awarded contracts to six new wind-farm projects in Tumbler Ridge, Chetwynd, and Port Hardy. … Click for more

Chetwynd pulp mill owner sees more losses

Prince George Citizen – Prince George,British Columbia,Canada Montreal-based Tembec, which has operations in British Columbia, continues to keep its high-yield pulp mill closed in Chetwynd, north of Prince George. … Click for more

Peace Region optimistic after ‘clean power cull’

TheTyee.ca – Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada Five of the seven projects could be built near Tumbler Ridge, with others on track for Chetwynd and near Hudson’s Hope. In all, 10 of the 47 remaining … Click for more

Western Coal eyes aggressive expansion, to sell non-core assets

The Canadian Press – ‎Sep 29, 2009‎ VANCOUVER, BC — Western Coal Corp. (TSX:WTN) said Tuesday it is “aggressively” seeking to grow the company through acquisitions, while at the same time … Click for more

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