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BC Economy, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
CBC.ca He had no backing to make that statement and it cost the people of British Columbia 30 million bucks to cover up his incompetence.” The 2008 amendments to the Mineral Tenure Act issued by Krueger created a ban on uranium exploration and mining in BC … Click for more
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Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Vancouver Sun By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun October 26, 2011 Michael Cinnamond, leader of business consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers’ BC mining practice, talks about the reasons why the province’s mining sector is optimistic that it is poised for a growth phase … Click for more
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North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
Vancouver Sun "Terrace, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Kitimat, the Cariboo and Central Interior are some of the fastest growing ones." To qualify for the BC PNP under the Regional Business Category, the applicant must invest at least $200000 to create or buy a … Click for more
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BC Coal, North Coast, North East, North West, Prince Rupert
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011
Colorado or Utah Coal moving to Prince Rupert would also be an interesting routing…. Coal trains heading North up the old BC Rail would be quite Awesome! … Click for more
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BC Economy
Monday, December 27th, 2010
Vancouver Sun By Kim Covert, Postmedia News December 22, 2010 Consumer confidence is apparently one of the few areas of the economy unaffected by the economic recovery. … Click for more
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BC Economy, Fishing Industry, Forest Industry, Mining, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas
Monday, December 27th, 2010
BCLocalNews The BC economy, including employment growth, is expected to increase on average by 1.8 per cent per year from now to 2019. It is estimated that this growth … Click for more
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BC Coal, Chetwynd, North East, Rocky Mountain Foothills, Tumbler Ridge
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
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
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BC Economy, Forest Industry, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Source: Vancouver Sun Bell expects accelerating sales in the fourth quarter as a result of what the ministry bills as the "largest ever BC forestry trade mission," which will run … Click for more
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BC Economy, Forest Industry, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Source: The Province “But BC’s economy is benefiting from a very rapid shift in growth towards the emerging markets, especially China.” Peacock explained that while nations … Click for more
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BC Economy, North East, North West
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Source: Globe and Mail As well, the industry is applying the drilling and hydraulic fracturing techniques to other oil and unconventional gas fields in Alberta and Saskatchewan … Click for more