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New, bigger power system for Vanderhoof by October 2012

Vanderhoof Omineca Express BC Hydro unveiled plans to the district last week for a much bigger substation and new transformer that will double this area’s power capacity. Vanderhoof District’s committee of the whole met with Hydro’s go-to guy last week so they could see plans … Click for more

New Zealand group to study fracking in Fort St. John

Energeticcity.ca The five-day trip, which will begin Friday, Feb.10, will include visits to Vancouver, Victoria, Fort St. John and Calgary, to observe the controversial extraction method of fracking at various well sites. Organizing the trip is Andrew Newman, … Click for more

Northern Gateway pipeline: benefits vs. concerns

CBC.ca The Northern Gateway project is a proposal by Canadian oil and gas company Enbridge to build two pipelines stretching 1177-km between the Alberta oilsands and the West Coast. The Northern Gateway would have the capacity to transport 525000 barrels of … Click for more

Aboriginal leaders stand firm against Northern Gateway pipeline

CBC.ca Stars lend power to fight The public hearings continue in Kitamaat Village Wednesday before moving on to Terrace, BC, Thursday afternoon. MAP Canada’s crude oil pipeline Charting TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline Members from Douglas Channel … Click for more

BC won’t endorse Northern Gateway until environmental assessment complete: Clark

BC won’t endorse Northern Gateway until environmental assessment complete: Clark Vancouver Sun By PETER O’NEIL, Vancouver Sun December 13, 2011 “Certainly in British Columbia we recognize the big contribution that the oilsands make to Canada and to our national economy,” Clark told reporters after a meeting with Alberta Premier Alison Redford … Click for more

Thompson Creek Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results

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Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (“Company” or “Thompson Creek”), a growing, diversified, North American mining company, today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”). All dollar amounts are in United States (“US”) dollars unless otherwise indicated. “Thompson [...]

Western Copper and Gold provides project update on Casino

Middle East North Africa Financial Network 5, 2011, 2011 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) — Western Copper and Gold Corporation … of Fort Nelson, BC and to truck LNG to the Yukon from this facility. … Click for more

Japan’s Inpex Corp. pumps $700 million into Nexen’s BC shale gas play

Vancouver Sun CALGARY — A partnership led by Inpex Corp., Japan’s biggest oil and gas company, is spending $700 million for a share of the BC shale gas prospects owned by Calgary-based Nexen Inc. The deal follows Mitsubishi’s bid of $850 million in August 2010 to … Click for more from the Vancouver Sun

MOLYBDENUM-COPPER EXPLORATION: First assays from MAC project are …

Canadian Mining Journal BRITISH COLUMBIA – Stratton Resources of Vancouver has released the first set … from its MAC molybdenum-copper project 80 km northwest of Fort St. James. … Click for more from the Canadian Mining Journal

Cariboo Rose Resources Announces Carruthers Pass Results, BC

MarketWatch (press release) The core samples were split and sent to ALS Minerals Laboratories in North Vancouver, BC The Carruthers Pass volcanogenic massive sulfide project is located 70 km south of the Kemess copper-gold mine in the Omineca Mining Division. … Click for more

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