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British Columbia

On track to deal with a looming labour shortage

Site assessment training in a Northwest Community College School of Mining prospecting program. — Photo courtesy of Northwest Community College School

Karen Kornelsen •
Mines

Opening portals for women in mining

1 of 3Women attending the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Conference have a chance to hear a panel of female speakers from ever

British Columbia

Targeted training for the mining industry

Students in the Master of Engineering program 2009 at Copper Mountain. — Photo by AJ Gunson With the mining industry in BC running at nearly full spe

Maureen McEwan •
Minerals

Even better the second time around

1 of 3Historical mining activity at the Bellekeno Mine area. — Photo courtesy of Alexco Resource Corporation2 of 3The new 400-tonnes-per-day mill loc

Maureen McEwan •
First Nations

Ten questions for Jerry Asp

1 of 2Having worked in mines himself in every capacity, Jerry Asp knows the opportunities that await young aboriginal people who enter the mining indu

Gail Jansen •
Mines

Meet the man with a golden touch

Steve Letwin has spent the past 10 months getting to know Iamgold’s operations and people. — photo courtesy Iamgold After approximately 30 years in t

Joel Kranc •
Education

From moonscape to greenscape

1 of 6(L to R) Mayor Marianne Matichuk, Jody Kuzenko - general manager, sustainability, North Atlantic region, Vale; Dominic Giroux - president and vi

Karen Kornelsen •
British Columbia

Light at the end of the tunnel

Fernie's Miners Walk takes shape outside city hall. — Dan Williams photo After seven years in the making, Fernie’s Miners Walk is now under construct

Dan Williams •
Exploration

Yukon rush

Bill Sheriff, chairman of the Predator Mining Group, said the opportunities in the Yukon right now are unparalleled. — Photo courtesy Predator Mining

Lisa Crane •
Mines

Cameco’s creative innovation

1 of 2Crews move the muck away underground at the Cigar Lake remediation project four months after the mine was pumped out. — photo courtesy Cameco2

Lisa Crane •
British Columbia

Decar project holds groundbreaking potential

Peter Bradshaw, First Point Minerals' president and CEO (L), and Trevor Rabb, project geologist, examine the discovery outcrop on the Baptiste target.

Lisa Crane •
British Columbia

Knight Piésold turns 90

Knight Piésold, whose Canadian offices are in Vancouver, B.C., and North Bay, Ontario, works on projects all over the world, including in Greenland. —

Lisa Crane •
British Columbia

An ear to the ground

The Comox Joint Venture is in the process of determining the scope of work needed to gain environmental approval from provincial and federal governmen

Trevor Crawley •
British Columbia

Teck Coal is looking to expand

Teck Coal (TSX:TCK) has proposed two areas of expansion just north of its Line Creek Operation’s active mine area, located halfway between Sparwood a