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View this article online:  Prince George Citizen Written by Gordon Hoekstra Citizen staff Friday, 23 January 2009 Northern BC business and community leaders sent a message Friday at Premier Gordon Campbell’s economic summit that they are prepared to meet the current economic challenges head on, but expect the province to help by investing in infrastructure and training. Northern Development Initiative Trust CEO Janine North rolled out a 15-point plan which calls on the province to do everything from cutting the …

Published by the Terrace Standard – view article online Published: December 16, 2008 6:00 AM Increased mineral exploration in the Terrace area is the hope following the release yesterday of a re-analysis of stream sediment samples first taken 30 years ago. Updated techniques applied to the 2,128 samples taken by the federal and provincial governments in 1978 now indicate a higher likelihood of mineral presence than first thought. THERE COULD be gold in them thar hills around Terrace thanks to …

By Kat Lee – Terrace Standard A local businessman is building on contacts made in China to import granite to the northwest. Scott Walter, a key principal in award-winning Scotech Systems, which has developed a vacuum hose system being manufactured in China, says his new venture, Allterra Wholesale Distributing Ltd., can bring in granite at a cheaper price than is the case with other suppliers. Along with partner Neilsen Thomas, Walter has set up shop in a warehouse here [Terrace, …

Northern Development is pleased to announce that Allterra Wholesale Distributing Ltd., a kitchen cabinet and granite manufacturing company in Terrace has been approved under Northern Development’s Capital Investment and Training Rebate program. Northern Development CEO, Janine North is joined by members of the Northwest Regional Advisory Committee to present the Allterra owners, Scott Walker and Neilsen Thomas, with a letter of approval for Allterra’s application to the Capital Investment and Training Rebate program. Allterra is the first business in the …

Business in Vancouver December 9-15, 2008; issue 998 visit Business in Vancouver online New Regional Trust Offering Incentives to Lure Companies to Province’s North Capital and training costs rebated by up to $10,000 per job created Metro Vancouver businesses should consider the competitive and financial advantages on offer in central and northern B.C. during tough economic times, according to the head of Northern Development Initiative Trust. The independent regional economic development corporation’s new $30 million Northern BC Business Advantage program …

(Northern Development) has approved rebates which supports over $23.7 million in capital investment and training by expanding manufacturing businesses that are creating up to 306 new jobs in central and northern BC over the next two years. Northern Development is pleased to announce that Del-Tech Manufacturing Inc., a member of The BID Group, has been approved under Northern Development’s Capital Investment and Training Rebate Program. Keith Spencer and Ben Crooks of Del-Tech Manufacturing are joined by a number of their …