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Jobs, Tourism and Innovation minister Pat Bell has hinted the Skeena Sawmills deal is not the last that will surface in the Northwest in the next while.

West Fraser’s northwestern BC holdings continue to shrink with the pending sale of its Skeena Sawmills plant and related wood licences to ROC Holdings Ltd.

The other day Allan Hewitson brought it to my attention that the World Fishing Network is holding an Ultimate Fishing Town Canada contest.

Following a request made by the Joint Review Panel for more information, Enbridge Northern Gateway has submitted more information for their application.

As the old saw goes, what goes up must come down. And that’s certainly the case in Kitimat these days.

The Northern Gateway project was bound to be an election issue in Skeena, but Enbridge CEO Pat Daniel moved it to the national stage last Thursday.

Kitimatians were amongst the leaders when it came to pulling the plug during March 26th’s Earth Hour.

For first time the Coast Mountains school district has purchased carbon offsets as part of the province’s move towards lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Provincial NDP leadership candidate Adrian Dix toured the northwest last week to convince party members he is the man to defeat Christy Clark in the next election.

RCMP are investigating a series of break and enters in the City Centre area in the early hours of Thursday, March 17.