Pacific Future Energy recruits former First Nations chiefs to help launch project
Pacific Future Energy, undaunted by industry skepticism over its plans to build a B.C. bitumen refinery, has recruited two former national chiefs of the Assembly of First Nations to help launch the venture. Shawn Atleo has been named to the company's management roster...
Liberals pull off surprise victory in B.C. election
In an astounding turn of events in British Columbia, Christy Clark's B.C. Liberals have won the provincial election and will retain power for another four years. The Liberals have earned a convincing majority winning 50 of the 85 ridings compared to the NDP at 33....
Mark Marissen: On the mark
In America, Mark Marissen would be a star: a man who, for better or worse, battled his foes to usher in a whole new kind of professional politics in B.C., and came out on top. Good looking in a scrubbed, cheerful way, the youngish Marissen is half of a B.C. power...
A West Coast Power Player
If the Liberals win the next federal election, the boy from St. Thomas, Ont. — Mark Marissen — is likely to become one of the most powerful and plugged-in backroom players in Canada. By taking underdog Stephane Dion to the Liberal party’s top job, Mark Marissen has...
