Mark Forsyth provides an overview of the Northern BC Business Advantage program and interviews Janine North, Chief Executive Office of Northern Development regarding the new program and how business can access the new incentive to support job creation and economic development within the region.

Bruce Sutherland, Chair of Northern Development’s Board of Directors, was interviewed by CKPG News following the announcement of $30 million in funding allocated to support direct job creation by business in central and northern British Columbia.

Northern British Columbia’s business advantages are being showcased in a new $30 million business attraction program launched today by Northern Development Initiative Trust (Northern Development). The Northern BC Business Advantage program includes a capital investment and training rebate program that provides businesses with incentives for job creation.

Listen to the CBC Radio 1 broadcast where Northern Development CEO, Janine North, discusses the Mining Association of British Columbia’s Report on the Electrification of the Highway 37 Corridor that projects electrifying Highway 37 could directly trigger up to 10 mines, 10,700 jobs, $15 billion in investment and potentially up to $300 million in annual tax revenues in the region.

"We are pleased that the provincial government has taken this important step forward in the potential development of a northwest power line," said Janine North, CEO of the Northern Development Initiative Trust. "The economic activity that could be generated by a power line includes mining, tourism and clean power projects."

According to a new report by the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC), building a power line along Highway 37 in northwest B.C. has the potential to create thousands of jobs, generate new sources of clean power and provide additional revenues to government to help pay for important programs and services.

If you build it, they will come. That's the strategy behind four Northern Development Initiative Trust (Northern Development) funding announcements aimed at promoting sport and tourism in Vanderhoof.

Northern Development Initiative Trust announced today grant funding provided to the Village of Ashcroft for heritage promotion, downtown revitalization, and community marketing.

The 2007 Annual Report outlines the funding disbursements, approved projects, measured economic performance indicators, and audited financial statements for Northern Developments for the year 2007.

Northern Development announced today $300,000 in grant funding through its Pine Beetle Recovery Program provided to the Village of Valemount for a downtown revitalization project that will restructure and revive its main commercial street in order to attract new investment and property development.