Business & Economy

Mackenzie at a loss over mill closure

MACKENZIE - Reaction to the most recent announcement of mill closures from Canfor has been swift. For the Forests Critic, this laundry list of curtailments and closures across the province is reminisc...

Jul 19, 2019

Chamber wants a voice on caribou issue

PRINCE GEORGE - The CEO for the local Chamber of Commerce joined like-minded Chamber representatives this week to meet with Forests Minister Doug Donaldson about the Caribou recovery plans.The Provinc...

Jul 18, 2019 Chamber of Commerce

Petty crime continuing to hinder downtown businesses

PRINCE GEORGE - The amount of petty crime affecting downtown businesses seems to be on the rise. Picking up needles, fixing broken windows, and other issues have increased the last couple years, and b...

Jul 17, 2019

Chamber Roundtable highlights forestry concerns

PRINCE GEORGE - A number of representatives with an interest in forestry were at the Chamber of Commerce offices today, meeting with some MLA's who have been touring communities affected by a downtown...

Jul 12, 2019 Chamber Roundtable

Park Drive-In Theatre up for sale

PRINCE GEORGE - A popular attraction in the Hart is up for sale. After six years, the owners of the Park Drive-In Theatre have decided to move on. It was an emotional decision the Kiss family weighed ...

Jul 11, 2019

Mayor for new working group

PRINCE GEORGE - The Intercon pulp mill is set to start one month of curtailments on Friday, while Northwood will do the same in mid-August. Those curtailments are the result of, amongst other things, ...

Jul 10, 2019 Intercon Pulp

Global boom in natural gas is undermining climate change action: report

OTTAWA - The Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry's biggest pla...

Jul 02, 2019

Mills closures are not over

PRINCE GEORGE - The latest casualty of a downturn in forestry is the Conifex mill in Fort St. James. Instead, Conifex plans to sell that mill and the forest licence that comes with it. But there's goo...

Jun 26, 2019 Brink Forest Products

Swift response to the Lekstrom Report

PRINCE GEORGE - "The caribou are paramount." That was a statement from Premier John Horgan during a media event, releasing the results of a consultation report put together by Blair Lekstrom on Mounta...

Jun 20, 2019 caribou

PM Trudeau approves Trans Mountain. Again

PRINCE GEORGE - It's about time. That's the sense from the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association about the Trudeau Government's re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline project."We saw ...

Jun 18, 2019 Trudeau on Trans Mountain