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LNG trades training program for women launched

LNG trades training program for women launched

LNG Canada and its main contractor, JGC Fluor, are launching a new four-week work-readiness program aimed at getting more women into the skilled trades.
Poll puts support for Trans Mountain at 60% in B.C.

Poll puts support for Trans Mountain at 60% in B.C.

Sixty per cent of British Columbians support the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, according to a new Ipsos poll commissioned by Resource Works.
Court Docket: June 10 - 14

Court Docket: June 10 - 14

Sentences handed out in Northeast B.C. courts for the week ending June 14, 2019. Fort St.
Drought leads to energy industry water cutbacks

Drought leads to energy industry water cutbacks

Drought conditions in Northeast B.C. have caused the B.C. Oil & Gas Commission to order cutbacks in water diversions at oil and gas industry operations.
Northeast B.C. sees small bump in population on ‘modest recovery’ in resource development

Northeast B.C. sees small bump in population on ‘modest recovery’ in resource development

A new report from the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia attributes a modest increase in the population of Northeast B.C. last year to recovery in the region’s resource industries.
Blockaders have put Coastal GasLink pipeline behind schedule, court told

Blockaders have put Coastal GasLink pipeline behind schedule, court told

The Coastal GasLink pipeline project is three months behind schedule due to efforts to block the work, a lawyer for the company told a B.C. Supreme Court Justice.
Louisiana Pacific to shut down Peace Valley OSB

Louisiana Pacific to shut down Peace Valley OSB

Louisiana Pacific will indefinitely shut down operations at the Peace Valley OSB mill in Fort St. John. The shut down is indefinite, putting 190 workers out of work. Company officials were in town Thursday to deliver the news to employees.
Senator Richard Neufeld says farewell to the Senate

Senator Richard Neufeld says farewell to the Senate

Senator Richard Neufeld is set to retire from Canada's Red Chamber and nearly four decades public service in November, and on Tuesday he delivered his farewell remarks.
Mayor Ackerman joins oil and gas rally delivering message of cross-country support

Mayor Ackerman joins oil and gas rally delivering message of cross-country support

Fort St. John Mayor Lori Ackerman was among a diverse group of Canadian politicians who spoke with a clear message of unity supporting oil and gas at a rally in Calgary on Tuesday.
Pro-pipeline First Nations groups could be competing for Trans Mountain

Pro-pipeline First Nations groups could be competing for Trans Mountain

If there was one single take-home message from a recent conference on natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), it was this: major projects like pipelines and LNG can’t happen in B.C. without First Nation support.
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