Good thing we already have the Rupert container port in place, the extended (for air cargo) airport runway in Prince George, the intermodal facility, Boundary Road under construction, etc to handle the predicted boom!

Twinning of #97 South (Cariboo Connector) will become a necessity!

Good reason to move there.

If you can take the 325+ days per year of precipitation in one form or another.

Terrace, BC’s Northern Capital ;-)

Smithers, Terrace’s recreation centre ;-)

Kitimat, Terrace’s industrial arm ;-)

Prince Rupert, Terrace’s container port ;-)

Terrace, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, BC’s golden triangle. ;-)

150km from one end to the other. 4 lane highway will connect these communities into one social-economic cluster to share social and economic resources.

These are the 2006 census populations:

Terrace = 11,320
Prince Rupert = 12,815
Kitimat = 8,987

That makes it just over 33,000

It will be interesting to see how that “Northwestern Golden Triangle” or NGT as it may call itself shortly … :-) will do population and GDP wise compared to PG over the next 10, 20, 30 years.

“Minister Pat Bell says “Northwest BC is poised to become a region of major job creation and growth”

I have been to every Minerals North conference for the last 5 years and hear this every time. Campbell announced the electrification project as a go at the Smithers conference back in 2008 yet northwest BC is still “poised”. When will it become “un-poised” and actually happen?

The article says that the transmission line will be an economic catalyst for the NORTHWEST REGION.

Prince George doesnt fall under the Northwest Region. Most of the benefits will be felt in Terrace, with Pr Rupert getting some spin off business. Kitimat will be hugely busy with the building of the new aluminum smelter.

There will be little or no impact on Prince George, other than we could lose a number of skilled tradesman, etc; who will go West to make some money.

I suspect that the ore that is produced from the mines will be trucked to Stewart BC and shipped in bulk to China, or Japan, although some could be shipped by Container to Pr Rupert.

I wouldnt expect any mines to be producing in that area for a minimum of 5 years, and maybe longer, however the transmission line itself will be good for the area.

These mines will be located 500 miles from Pr George, as will the new alum smelter in Kitimat. So dont expect these areas to have much effect on the Airport, or Boundry Road.

I presume that the statement made by Prince George was **tongue in cheek**

Guess we will have to differentiate between Northeastern and Northwestern Golden Tringle – NWGT and NEGT …..

SF John – Dawson Creek – Chetwynd with Tumbler thrown in for good measure – also about 150km from one end to the other and around the same total population, but having a considerable head start. Sadly, no port. But an ice oval … ;-)

“the province is committed to ensuring that Northwest workers are ready to take advantage of these economic development opportunities”

I thought Northwesst workers were in the Northeast … So who will replace those workers?

Im betting that we will have an election this spring. How else to explain all these announcements around the Province by the Liberals.

Palopu: “Im betting that we will have an election this spring. How else to explain all these announcements around the Province by the Liberals.”

I’d call it ‘business as usual’. I’m betting they won’t call the election until 2013. I don’t think there’s much chance of changing the eventual outcome of the NDP taking power — people just want a chance to stick it to the Liberals at the polls. They won’t be wiped out as bad as the NDP was in 2001, but they will lose.

I’m watching for when Liberal MLA’s start retiring for ‘family reasons’. Then you’ll know change is on the horizon.

Workers will mainly come from Alberta and back east, thus paying no taxes here and taking their paychecks with them. There are aircraft almost daily in and out of Ft. Nelson hauling workers from east of BC. Workers more and more do not live were they work.

Much like the workers from Pr George and surrounding area that work in FT McMurray Alberta. There are thousands of people from BC working in Alberta.

Terrace; BC’s northern capital? Sacrilege I say. Too good.

Northwest doesn’t include PG, regardless of all the spin doctoring from various levels of govt. Ft St John is booming right now — in that town it is “get the hell out of my way–I have work to do”. Natural gas people! Everyone is scrambling all day long. Housing is impossible to get, renting is impossible. House prices are growing by huge leaps. If you see that happen in PG, it will be an illusion. Don’e let the Pat Bells’ BS you.

He doesn’t have to BS us, we won’t vote NDP while they are still supporting the gun registry anyway. ;-)