JUNEAU – In an effort to build on a positive working relationship that will expand a meaningful, responsible collaboration on transboundary resource issues, Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott announced today that the Walker Administration will reach out to the provincial government of British Columbia, the Canadian mining industry and First Nation leaders during a visit to […]
JUNEAU – Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted unanimously for a resolution urging the Canadian government to keep the border open 24 hours a day between Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia. House Joint Resolution 22 is sponsored by Representative Dan Ortiz (I-Ketchikan). Earlier this month the Canadian Border Services Agency implemented a closure […]
After lackluster sales in Canada, the U.S.’s northern neighbor, Target has decided to pull its operations out of that country and 133 stores that are now open there will close their doors for good. Target lost over $1 billion in their first year of operations there and continue to lose money. Less than two years […]
As Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper was addressing his conservative party in Canada’s main parliament building on Wednesday, a gunman burst through the doors of the building and ran past the door of the room where the caucus meeting of legislators was taking place. The gunman, suspected to be Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, had just killed a […]