Industry

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

Morris in Mackenzie in light of curtailment

MACKENZIE - The MLA for Prince George-Mackenzie spent the day in Mackenzie, meeting with unions and others in that community in light of Canfor's decision to curtail operations for six weeks, beginnin...

Jun 14, 2019 District of Mackenzie

Researcher Vivian Krause follows the money

PRINCE GEORGE - The #North Matters has brought a speaker to the city for a special event. Vivian Krause has done plenty of research that shows many anti-resource organizations, predominantly in BC, ar...

Jun 13, 2019 Vivian Krause

Community engagement over Nechako watershed

The first of what could be many future water engagement meetings will be taking place in Vanderhoof tomorrow, facilitated by Rio Tinto."The initiative will set about the interests of various stakehold...

Jun 12, 2019 Nechako River in Vanderhoof

More curtailments faced in forestry

Another forest operation has closed it's doors. The Norbord OSB plant in 100 Mile House has announced its intentions to indefinitely curtail operations, affecting 160 employees. That comes on the heel...

Jun 11, 2019 Canfor

Mackenzie Pulp failed to comply

MACKENZIE - Mackenzie Pulp Mill Corporation was fined more than 81 thousand dollars last year for failing to maintain a recovery boiler and failing to comply with permit limits for bivalent sulphur co...

May 28, 2019

City wants to hear from business

PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George wants to hear from local business, large and small, in order to get a better snapshot of the local labour force and the challenges businesses have in retainin...

May 22, 2019 skilled labour

Major projects coming closer to Vanderhoof

VANDERHOOF - Change is the wind for the community of Vanderhoof, population 4,400.New Gold has just received its federal environmental approval for the $1.8 billion dollar Blackwater Gold Mine project...

May 07, 2019 New Gold Offices