Fisheries
Feds invest $1.25m in B.C. aquaculture projects
The federal government has announced $1.25 million to support three finfish and eight shellfish aquaculture projects in B.C. Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield said the funding aims to ensure "that Canada's aquaculture industry [remains] globally competitive, while enhancing economic prospects for Canadians."
Funding recipients include Bees Islets Growers, Island Scallops Ltd., Island Sea Farms, Nova Harvest Ltd., Nootka Sound Shellfish, Aphrodite's Garden, Mac's Oysters, B.C. Shellfish Growers Association and Taste of B.C.
Energy
Clark outlines possible sanctions against pipeline
Enbridge Inc.'s (TSX:ENB) proposed Northern Gateway pipeline likely couldn't proceed without B.C.'s support, according to Christy Clark.
"Aside from the politics of trying to force something on a province ... British Columbia has the power to grant or withhold about 60 permits," the B.C. premier told students at the University of Calgary October 2.
"British Columbia's power would be required to power up the pipeline ... There are a whole number of things the B.C. government could do."
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Energy
NDP slams Liberal MLA's push to revisit offshore oil drilling
If Premier Christy Clark is concerned about the risks pipelines pose to the B.C. coast, she should distance herself from Liberal MLA John Rustad who has suggested B.C. revisit offshore oil drilling, said NDP environment critic Rob Fleming.
Fleming called on the B.C. premier to distance herself from the suggestions on revisiting offshore oil exploration – something that was soundly rejected nearly a decade ago.
"The Liberals just don't seem to understand that B.C.'s environment is not for sale," said Fleming.
Mining
B.C. government rejects Morrison Lake copper-gold mine
The B.C. government has rejected a Pacific Booker Minerals Inc. (TSX-V:BKM) application to build a copper-gold mine at the headwaters of the Skeena River, near Morrison Lake, north of Smithers.
In refusing to grant an environmental assessment certificate, government ministers cited potential impacts on "genetically unique" Skeena River sockeye salmon.
The proposal has met opposition from Lake Babine First Nation, which withdrew from talks with Pacific Booker in 2008.
Energy
Black's refinery proposal has 72% support: poll
British Columbians support publishing tycoon David Black's proposal that a refinery be built near Kitimat to convert oilsands bitumen into jet fuel, kerosene and gasoline, according to a recent poll by Black's Kitimat Clean. The poll found that 78% of British Columbians are aware of the proposal and that 72% of those people support it.
The top reasons given for support were that jobs would be created and that there would be less risk to the environment than if bitumen crude oil were shipped offshore.
