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October 23

Technology scholarships offered in Central and Northern BC

View this article online:  Prince George Citizen Written by Bernice Trick – Citizen staff Published: Friday, 23 October 2009 Grade 12 students in B.C. central and northern school districts have a unique opportunity to win scholarship awards during competitions where new technologies are created. The program is a partnership between Northern Development Initiative Trust and B.C. Innovation Council which together have contributed $225,000 as winning scholarship money. The scholarships will be awarded through competitions called Idea Mashups in which the …

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October 20

Young Innovator Scholarship Fund to Award $225,000 to Innovative Students

PRINCE GEORGE, BC – Grade twelve students from central and northern British Columbia now have access to a $225,000 Young Innovator Scholarship Fund based on their winning ideas, innovation and entrepreneurship. The scholarship fund is a partnership between Northern Development Initiative Trust (Northern Development) and the BC Innovation Council (BCIC). BCIC has contributed $150,000 and Northern Development has contributed $75,000 in support of this program. The scholarships will be awarded through “Idea MashUP” competitions, where students in high schools across …

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"The hydrocarbon potential of the Nechako Basin is not currently well understood. We believe that these types of regional geoscience projects are key to further developing our knowledge of the basin, which in turn will help attract industry interest to the region."

Dr. 'Lyn Anglin, President and CEO, Geoscience BC

Geoscience BC's Seismic Study In The Nechako Basin Assesses Hydrocarbon Development Potential

By 2013, the Ministry of Forests and Range predicts that the Mountain Pine Beetle will destroy eighty percent of the marketable pine in BC's central and southern interior forests. Presently, the forest industry is near capacity in harvesting the beetle-killed wood. However, as the salvage harvest nears completion, an alternative…

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