British Columbia

IPL Inc.: IPL Wins Significant Waste Management Contract in British Columbia

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

SAINT-DAMIEN, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) IPL Inc. (TSX: IPI.A), one of North America's leading manufacturers of plastic products, has been awarded, by the City of Kelowna, British Columbia, on behalf of the Regional District of Central Okanagan and its member municipalities, a contract valued at more than $7.2 million to manufacture and distribute wheeled carts. The carts will be manufactured at the Saint-Damien...

[Cool] Fastest growing employment sector in British Columbia? 'Clippers' who tend to illegal marijuana plantations

Fark.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Awwww..Fall in BC. The time of year when the cops get their yearly supply of BC Bud.... And what a pain in the ass it is with the helicopters buzzing peoples homes and yards, at below legal flight elevations with thermal imaging cameras. And the same police force refuses to use these fancy helicopters to look for fugitives in the Bush. Bushman of the Shuswap(many years ago) being one(Minimum security...

NDP: It's a Choice Between Conservatives or New Democrats

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) New Democrat Leader Jack Layton slammed Prime Minister Harper today for ignoring working families and failing to protect pensions, savings, and homes in a time of economic uncertainty.

• Layton Calls on Voters of Other Parties to Support New Democrats to Defeat Harper - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Layton slams Harper’s inaction on lost forestry jobs - New Democratic Party of Canada
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Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp.: Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp.: 2008 Exploration Program Complete; Change of President

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 42 minutes ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (TSX: CXX)(AMEX: CXZ) (the "Company") announces that it has completed its 2008 exploration program on its Central Mineral Belt project in Labrador. The exploration camps at the Two Time Zone and the C Zone have been shut down and winterized and all personnel have returned from the field to the Company's office in St. John's....

AutoblogGreen for 10.06.08

Autoblog (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative , Green click to visit AutoblogGreen Yikes, isn't $465,000 a little much to pay for an EV1? But that's the amount that it seems someone paid for a 1998 model in British Columbia recently. That's just nuts. It's $465,000 Canadian, but still. We'll save our pennies for the B0 (B Zero) or the Nuvu , thank you. Did a used EV1 really just sell for $465,000? Ferraris greener...

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.: Fortuna Appoints Mario Szotlender and Rick Clark to the Board/Grants Stock Options

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FVI)(BVL: FVI): Mr. Simon Ridgway, Chairman of the Board, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mario Szotlender and Mr. Rick Clark to the Board of Directors of Fortuna.

Velocity Minerals Ltd.: Velocity Minerals Ltd.-Initial Mt. Haskin Drill Program Progress Report

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Velocity Minerals Ltd. (TSX: VLC) announces completion of its 2008 program of diamond drilling at its Mt. Haskin molybdenite property near Cassiar in Northern British Columbia. Thirteen drill holes with total length 11,244 feet were designed to confirm and possibly expand the historically reported non-NI 43-101 compliant molybdenum resource of 13.5 million...

Platinum Group Metals Ltd.: Platinum Group Metals Ltd. Closes Non-Brokered Private Placement

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA and JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (MARKET WIRE) Platinum Group Metals Ltd. ("Platinum Group") (TSX: PTM)(NYSE-A: PLG) reports that $7,411,124 of a $7,611,229 non-brokered private placement announced September 26, 2008 was closed on October 3, 2008. The balance of $200,105 is in process of closing at the time of writing. A total of 4,781,370 common shares have been issued, while...

Sabina Silver Corporation: Sabina Silver Announces Final 2008 Jo Zone Results

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Sabina Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SBB) is pleased to announce additional favourable results from the 2008 drilling at the recently defined Jo Zone at the Hackett River Project in Nunavut Canada. Also, following a recent trip to site by an independent consulting geologist with significant applied Volcanic Massive Sulphide (VMS) experience, opportunities for...

SvitGOLD: SvitGOLD Announces Work Program Commencement on Beregovo and Kvasovo

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) SvitGOLD (TSX VENTURE: SDP), ("the Company") announces the commencement of Phase 1 of its exploration and development activities on the Beregovo and Kvasovo deposits.

Goldcorp Inc.: Goldcorp Declares Tenth Monthly Dividend Payment for 2008

Market Wire - Manufacturing and Production: Mining and Metals (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

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Sitemasher's Innovative Website Platform Goes Prime Time After Extensive Community Testing

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help simplify the website development and management process,

Zazu Metals Corporation: Zazu Concludes Summer Program, More Drill Results Pending

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Zazu Metals Corporation (TSX: ZAZ) ("Zazu") is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the summer development program at the Lik zinc - lead - silver deposit, 22km from the Red Dog zinc mine of Teck Cominco ("Teck") in northwestern Alaska. The field work was completed on time and Zazu currently has approximately US$5.5 million in its treasury.

Westport Innovations Inc.: Westport Innovations Inc.: Sales for Heavy Duty LNG Trucks Increase With El Toro Export Order

Market Wire - Transportation and Logistics: Trucking (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX: WPT)(NASDAQ: WPRT), a global leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, announced today that El Toro Export, LLC of El Centro, California, a processor, marketer, and exporter of various agricultural commodities, has ordered 15 heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks, featuring Westport's ISX...

Universal Power Corp.: Universal Provides Corporate Update

Market Wire - Energy and Utilities: Pipelines (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Universal Power Corp. (TSX VENTURE: UNX)(FRANKFURT: 3U2A) (the "Company") or ("Universal") today provided a corporate update as follows:

Mixx.com’s biggest competitor… Web 2.0 is evolving…

szczupak | 06/26/2008

Eric Karjaluoto, Eric Shelkie from Vancouver Canada have recently launched a startup that reminds me a bit Mixx.com . It’s called Makefive and it’s a project that hasn’t received much media coveraged and I don’t know really why. Fortunately guys, businesshackers dot com is always willing to help startups succeed and we have an almost 2,5 years old track. Ok, let’s got straight to the point.

Automobile X-Prize: The Alé by Fuel Vapor Technologies gets 92 mpg !!

whipdaddy | 04/28/2008

Fuel Vapor Technologies has created a high mileage car called The Alé. (FVT) is a small green British Columbia R&D Technology company who believe they can achieve 100mpg in their 0-60mph in 5.0sec vehicle currently getting 92mpg and submitted in the Auto X-prize competition. Full Article and Photos Here: The Alé by Fuel Vapor Technologies gets 92 mpg !!