Posted by pcook
Alternative Energy, BC Economy, Business Profiles, Economic Development, Featured, Mining, Oil & Gas, Prince George
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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 [...]
Posted by oneadam
Forest Industry, Prince Rupert
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
Victoria Times Colonist By Ben Parfitt, Times Colonist March 9, 2012 As more and more raw, unprocessed logs leave British Columbia’s coast in ocean freighters bound for the far side of the world, a common refrain from some in our forest industry is that we have no choice. Click for more
Posted by oneadam
BC Economy, Forest Industry, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Vancouver Sun – 1 hour ago BC is ill-prepared to manage B.C’s beetle-ravaged forests as they slide into a long-term decline in both value and diversity, Auditor-General John Doyle said in a report released Thursday. Click for more
Posted by pcook
Economic Development, Forest Industry, Legal, North Coast, Prince Rupert
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Sun Wave Forest Products purchased this mill in 2006 with a promise to inject investment and resume production. When the company did not fulfill its promise, the land was repossessed for taxes. Now Sun Wave has been caught trying received money from banks, based on the support of local Chinese government officials, that the mill [...]
Posted by oneadam
Forest Industry
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Winnipeg Free Press OTTAWA – Canada’s uneasy forestry truce with the United States appears to be headed for a two-year extension that should keep the sniping at a low level into 2015. Industry and government sources on both sides of the border confirm there are no major … Click for more from the Winnipeg Free [...]
Posted by oneadam
Forest Industry, North Central, Prince George
Monday, December 5th, 2011
Winnipeg Free Press Last week, Quebec forestry company Tembec signed a deal to sell its Elko and Canal Flats sawmills and the associated 1.1 million cubic metres of lumber and cutting rights from Crown and private land in the southern BC Interior to Canfor for $60 million … Click for more from the Winnipeg Free [...]
Posted by oneadam
Forest Industry, Fort St John, North East, Oil & Gas
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Mile0city.ca A new skills training program in Northern BC was announced today as part of the province’s Jobs Plan. As a partnership between the United Steelworkers Unions and the province, the Northern Skills Training Pilot will focus on forestry and mining. … Click for more
Posted by oneadam
BC Economy, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West, Oil & Gas
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
CTV.ca Clark’s $300-million jobs plan, which she introduced last week after a provincewide tour, includes promises of eight new BC mines by 2015 and nine upgrades to existing mining operations. She didn’t name any of the new mines, but spoke glowingly of the … Click for more
Posted by oneadam
Forest Industry, North Central, Prince George
Sunday, August 14th, 2011
Lesprom Network Canfor Corporation will be proceeding with capital improvement projects totaling $46.7 million at its Grande Prairie, Alberta facility and at the Prince George sawmill in British Columbia, Canada, as the company said in a press release received by … Click for more
Posted by oneadam
BC Economy, Forest Industry, North Central, North Coast, North East, North West
Monday, July 18th, 2011
China edges out US as top BC lumber customer Vancouver Sun The minister credited the United Steelworkers union for reaching innovative agreements with the province’s forestry sector to get smaller sawmills back in operation to meet the new demand. “There was no politics involved; it was just about making … Click for more from the [...]
