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Joe Oliver pledges gentler approach to selling natural resources projects

Date: 
December 3, 2012

Joe Oliver is standing by the foreign “radicals” barbs that incited anger among many Canadian environmentalists and others opposed to some resource development.

Analysis : Canada takes hard line on natural resources, no matter the cost

Date: 
October 22, 2012
Author: 
David Ljunggren

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada signaled a tough line on control of its natural resources with its surprise rejection of a Malaysian bid for gas company Progress Energy Resources Corp., putting concerns about state-owned firms above fears of damaging an already dented international reputation.


Takla Lake First Nation Land Management and Natural Resource Monitoring Program

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The Daily Inspection Guidelines for camp activity is a good template to use to be sure that operations are being conducted according to what a community member and/or an Officer/Inspector would expect to see when visiting a camp.

Document 1: Daily Inspection Guidelines

Document 2: Field Survey Card

Natural resources to define first nations leader’s next term

Date: 
July 16, 2012

Two months ago, 23-year-old Brendon Grant left his northern British Columbia hometown for San Diego, where he now lives a 10-minute jog from La Jolla beach. He moved south to start work as a junior analyst with RA Capital Advisors LLC, a private investment bank that has worked on more than $60-billion in financial transactions.

Editorial: Jumbo Glacier saga shows need for strict timelines

Date: 
March 28, 2012

The decision to approve the Jumbo Glacier ski resort in the Kootenays was a long time coming — much too long.

Said Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson: “After more than 20 years of comprehensive and exhaustive reviews, it was time to make a decision.”

B.C. approves Jumbo Glacier resort. Year-round ski development still faces opposition and financial hurdles

Date: 
March 22, 2012
Author: 
Suzanne Fournier

The Jumbo Glacier ski resort in the East Kootenay region has been given a giant boost by the B.C. government, but still faces opposition from First Nations and environmental groups.

CAPP supports Minister of Natural Resources' call for federal regulatory reform

Date: 
January 11, 2012

CALGARY, Jan. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers welcomes and supports federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's call for regulatory reform to improve the federal government's project review process, which Mr. Oliver described as "slow, complex and cumbersome."

An Open Letter from the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources

Date: 
January 11, 2012

An Open Letter from the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, on Canada's Commitment to Diversify Our Energy Markets and the Need to Further Streamline the Regulatory Process in Order to Advance Canada's National Economic Interest

TWN Wind Power completes project at Lower Similkameen Indian Band school

Date: 
November 15, 2011

LOWER SIMILKAMEEN INDIAN BAND WIND POWER PROJECT COMPLETED!

5kW Wind turbine Open Day and Celebration to be held November 17, 2011.

Tool Helps Industry, First Nations Build Relationships

Date: 
November 22, 2010

Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
Ministry of Natural Resource Operations

Victoria – A database that will help connect proponents and First Nations earlier in the project-planning phase is now available online, said Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Barry Penner and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson.