Tag Archives: 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