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Fort St. John second in provincial population growth, Dawson Creek 10th

Fort St. John second in provincial population growth, Dawson Creek 10th

Fort St. John, Dawson Creek, Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge have all seen an increase in population
Dawson Creek & Hawkair enter talks for daily service to Calgary

Dawson Creek & Hawkair enter talks for daily service to Calgary

The City of Dawson Creek and Hawkair have entered into exploratory talks on adding a daily flight to Calgary from the Dawson Creek Airport.

Grassy Point granted LNG export license

Grassy Point LNG has received a license from the National Energy Board to export the liquefied gas from a proposed facility at Grassy Point, near Prince Rupert. The license is for 25 years and caps out at 807 billion cubic metres.

$500 million Douglas Channel LNG 'advancing toward' Final Investment Decision later this year

Things are looking better for once-troubled Douglas Channel LNG, a proposed liquefied natural gas export facility near Kitimat, now that partners in the consortium officially completed the transfer of ownership.

$300M coal mine near Tumbler Ridge inches forward

The province is accepting comments until today on a proposal for the Murray River coal river mine that HD Mining wants to build near Tumbler Ridge.
Passenger numbers soaring at the Dawson Creek Airport

Passenger numbers soaring at the Dawson Creek Airport

The manager of Dawson Creek's airport says lower fares and more fly-in workers are behind record-setting passenger numbers in 2014.

$400 million Meikle wind farm in Tumbler Ridge gets green light

Project slated to bring 175 jobs during construction and 9 permanent jobs when it becomes operational at the end of 2016; "Once Site C out of the way, new demand going to be met by the IPPs” — Bennett
Fort Nelson optimistic after Apache sale

Fort Nelson optimistic after Apache sale

Although no final investment decisions were made in B.C.
Chetwynd gas plant would need up to 2,000 workers

Chetwynd gas plant would need up to 2,000 workers

A decision could be made this year on a proposed $2.5 billion gas plant near Chetwynd that would come with up to 300 full time jobs.
$3.8 billion gas refinery could be in the works for Chetwynd

$3.8 billion gas refinery could be in the works for Chetwynd

Oil refinery proposals face gas refinery competition: Local companies planning multibillion-dollar gas and methanol facilities in Chetwynd
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