YELLOWKNIFE: Tli Cho Air has signed a new contract to conduct cargo and passenger flights for Diavik Diamond Mines Inc in partnership with Denesoline Corporation. The five-year, $15 million deal amounts to about eight or nine de Havilland Dash 7 flights per week and includes provisions for multiple extension years following the first term. Air Tindi, which conducts all flight operations for Tli Cho Air and its partnership with Denesoline, runs a fleet of three Dash 7 aircraft

Recent third party testing and analysis of the University of Northern British Columbia’s Nexterra Biomass Gasification System has concluded that the plant is one of the cleanest biomass facilities operating in North America. The biomass… [ Full Story ]

KROHNE, a worldwide leader in flow level and other process measurement instrumentation, announces a significant change in their sales and support organization for Western Canada, including the provinces Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan… [ Full Story ]

Japanese ports have closed after the country was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and 10-metre high tsunami on March 11. Several ports are closed for the time being. Some of the ports in northern Japan, such as at Kushiro, Hachinohe, Ishinomaki and Kashima, were hit by the tsunami