BC North News

• Pipeline Changes Under Review

  Open houses will be held next week to explain proposed changes to the natural gas pipeline planned to feed Kitimat's KM LNG export facility. The Pacific Trails Pipeline Partnership wants to make almost 50 changes to the pipeline route to avoid potential geotechnical hazards, comply with land-owner and First Nations ... Read more...

• Prince Rupert Aboriginal Partnership Program Hopes to Continue

  Discovery to Trades, a program through the Prince Rupert Aboriginal Skills Employment Partnership has teamed up with local industries such as the port, grain, and coal terminals and has been met with positive results. The program wraps up in March but AESP is looking into other funding initiatives including the ... Read more...

• Prince Rupert Port Applauds BC Budget

  The Prince Rupert Port Authority is applauding yesterday's B-C budget for extending a tax initiative for port operations. Port Authority president and C-E-O Don Krusel says the Ports Property Tax Act ensures port operators work in a fair and competitive environment -- and the announcement by the B-C government gives ... Read more...

• BC Budget Raises Medical Premiums, Offers Tax Breaks for Home Buyers

      B-C health care premiums are going up and corporate taxes may also rise under the new provincial budget unveiled yesterday, which Finance Minister Kevin Falcon promises will be balanced by this time next year.    Falcon is forecasting a deficit of 968 million dollars, but a year from now ... Read more...

• Kitimat Not Ready To Declare on Enbridge

  Two local councils have already voted to formally oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway project -- but Kitimat Council isn't ready to make it three -- yet. Terrace City Council voted last Monday to reject Northern Gateway -- and over the weekend the Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District voted likewise. And last ... Read more...