Clear message on resources – StarPhoenix
July 24, 2014 Western Canadians appreciate the vital economic and social benefits that flow from natural resource development, but as a recent poll conducted for the Canada West Foundation shows,…
Mason inks cooperation agreement with First Nations for … – Proactive Investors USA & Canada
July 24, 2014 Mason inks cooperation agreement with First Nations for development of Lac Gueret Mason Graphite (CVE:LLG)(OTCQX:MGPHF) has signed a cooperation agreement with a First Nations group for the…
Bail system set up to punish innocent people with pretrial detention: report – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jul 23, 2014 15:29 By Clare Clancy THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ The overuse of pretrial detention in Canada’s bail system is punishing innocent people, slowing the judicial process, and costing…
Protecting Alberta’s ‘centre of gravity’: New energy regulator wants to restore trust – Financial Post
July 24, 2014 Jim Ellis, president and CEO of Alberta’s newly reformed energy regulator and a retired Canadian Army colonel, gets this question often: How can a former tank commander…
Wood cutlery maker eyes northwest partnerships – Northern Ontario Business
July 24, 2014 A British Columbia entrepreneur, who makes award-winning compostable wooden cutlery, said he wants to expand his presence in northwestern Ontario. Aspenware president Terry Bigsby sources poplar veneer…
NS: Fracking panel unlikely to recommend continued moratorium – Daily Business Buzz
Continuing the moratorium will be a political decision, and the goal of the independent review is to help inform those decisions, says David Wheeler, who is currently leading the study…
Trade group revamps to improve training, help fill market gaps – Times Colonist
The Greater Victoria construction sector is steady but not booming, leading some Camosun College carpentry students to head off to the oil patch or up to Kitimat for jobs. That’s…
Atlas Copco, Sandvik Chiefs Signal End to Mining-Equipment Woes – Mining Life
Jul 22, 2014 Upbeat comments from Swedish mining-equipment makers Atlas Copco AB (ATCOA) and Sandvik AB (SAND) may be an early sign of a recovery for a business that’s been…
Editorial: Land rule changes good for Membertou – TheChronicleHerald.ca
As Membertou First Nation gears up for a possible referendum this fall on giving management of its land to the band council instead of the federal Indian Act and Aboriginal Affairs and…
Gibraltar a rock in stormy waters for Taseko – Vancouver Sun
With New Prosperity on hold, central Interior mine could fund acquisitions VANCOUVER — The battle over Taseko’s New Prosperity copper-gold project has played out in the media, corridors of political…
