TransCanada set to play key role in Alaska's natural gas line Oct 8, 2009
The initiative failed when Canada's government blocked permits to build the pipeline down the Mackenzie River Valley because of unresolved aboriginal land claims. When a new consortium came together in the 1990s, led by Northwest Energy, a U.S. gas distribution company based in Utah, Foothills Pipe Lines (now TransCanada) became a part of that. (Juneau Empire)
Northern brown bears discovered feeding on whitefish runs Sep 23, 2009
In a paper published in the September issue of the journal Arctic, Oliver Barker and Andrew Derocher from the University of Alberta report seeing at least one brown bear engaged in the unusual activity of caching whitefish at Pete's Creek, a small Mackenzie River tributary located between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. While it is well known that brown bears feed on salmon, trout and charr, this is the first scientific reporting of brown bears feeding on whitefish and supports what is recorded from... (EurekAlert!)
Oceanographers Examine Mercury Levels Of Pelagic Fish In Hawaii Sep 22, 2009
(June 18, 2009) Researchers conducting a water study in the Mackenzie River Delta have found a dramatically higher delivery of mercury from the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean than determined in previous. . (Science Daily)
Climate trouble may be bubbling up in Arctic Sep 3, 2009
Rick Bowmer / APPermafrost researchers studied this area inCanada's Mackenzie River Delta in August ... MACKENZIE RIVER DELTA, Northwest Territories - Only a squawk from a sandhill crane broke the Arctic silence and a low gurgle of bubbles, a watery whisper of trouble repeated in countless spots around the polar world. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Climate Trouble May Be Bubbling up in Far North Aug 31, 2009
By CHARLES J. HANLEY AP Special CorrespondentMACKENZIE RIVER DELTA, Northwest Territories August 30, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press ... In this Aug. 10, 2009 photo, pure methane, gas bubbles up from underwater vents from a lake, in the Mackenzie River Delta in the Northwest Territories, Canada. (ABC News -- Wire)
Elevated Mercury Levels In Prairie Lakes Examined Jul 29, 2009
(June 18, 2009) Researchers conducting a water study in the Mackenzie River Delta have found a dramatically higher delivery of mercury from the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean than determined in previous. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Summer Is Here And The Mercury Is Rising ... Literally Jul 17, 2009
(June 18, 2009) Researchers conducting a water study in the Mackenzie River Delta have found a dramatically higher delivery of mercury from the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean than determined in previous. (May 7, 2008) A recent study shows that mercury releases from products in the US declined dramatically between 1990 and 2005, but that they continue to be a significant source of environmental contamination. (Science Daily)
Kodiak Energy, Inc. Subsidiary Cougar Energy Inc. Provides Update to CREEnergy Exclusivity Contract Jul 14, 2009
"These mineral leases and the general area have industry recognized production potential for light sweet crude oil and sweet natural gas. Adjoining mineral leases have low operating costs of approximately C$25.00 per barrel resulting in profitable net backs, even at the current, low commodity prices. A key example of the production potential would be the Trout and Senex Keg River oil pools that have yielded as much as 1.5 million barrels cumulative production per pool, or the Granite Wash oil... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Mercury in Mackenzie River delta dramatically higher than previously believed Jun 17, 2009
EdmontonUniversity of Alberta researchers conducting a water study in the Mackenzie River Delta have found a dramatically higher delivery of mercury from the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean than determined in previous studies. Researcher Jennifer Graydon analyzed water in the Mackenzie River as it flowed north into the Beaufort Sea ... The Mackenzie River empties in the Beaufort Sea at the western edge of the Northwest Territories. (EurekAlert!)
Kodiak Energy, Inc. Subsidary Cougar Energy Inc., Enters Strategic Alliance for Long Term Financing Jun 17, 2009
Our main prospects are located in the central Mackenzie River Valley of the Northwest Territories and northeast New Mexico. Through our private subsidiary, Cougar Energy, Inc.. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Pipeline competitors update legislators about progress Apr 16, 2009
The circumstances for TransCanada are very different from those faced by a possible pipeline from the Mackenzie River delta in Canada, a project that had to obtain both access and benefit agreements with First Nations, Palmer said. TransCanada's right of way gives the company access, he said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Buildings are an insult to Harrison Avenue Mar 19, 2009
bmt406 wrote on Mar 17, 2009 10:19 AM:" As a local high school student and future Architecture student, I feel that you have insulted the architect that has designed the Stabucks building. This is a very common design and it is built this way to give it a different type of feeling in a city that has everything looking alike. If you notice the drive through wrapping around the building, to be shown on Harrison Ave, and to give it an urban feel. This is just a different type of design on a... (Montana Standard, MT)
On the books, Monday, March 16, 2009 (52) Mar 17, 2009
According to court documents, Wright took T-shirts from Walmart and the tip jar from Mackenzie River Pizza ... According to court documents, Wright aided Chrystal Howard with the commission of theft of T-shirts from Walmart and a tip jar at Mackenzie River Pizza. (Montana Standard, MT)
Blast on Main Mar 6, 2009
Billings Gazette photo / courtesy of Jonathan Moses The windows of MacKenzie River Pizza were blown out in the blast in the 200 block of Main Street in Bozeman on Thursday. This reader-submitted image was taken from inside the restaurant. (Montana Standard, MT)
Kodiak Energy, Inc. Announces Subsidiary Name Change to Cougar Energy, Inc. Mar 4, 2009
The main prospects are located in the central Mackenzie River Valley of the Northwest Territories and northeast New Mexico. Forward-looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Kodiak Energy, Inc. Announces Change in Directors Feb 28, 2009
Our main prospects are located in the central Mackenzie River Valley of the Northwest Territories and northeast New Mexico. Through our private subsidiary, 1438821 Alberta Ltd., we are developing the projects of Lucy in the Horn River Basin in northeast British Columbia and CREEnergy Joint Venture located in north central Alberta. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
How 100 years of flight transformed a nation Feb 24, 2009
Ten years after that an air service was begun down the Mackenzie River with C.H. (Punch) Dickens flying from Fort McMurray to Fort Simpson, N.W.T. On March 6, 1929, he became the first commercial pilot to cross the Arctic Circle. Thirty years after McCurdy's flight on April 1, 1939, passenger service was inaugurated between Montreal and Vancouver by Trans Canada Airlines. (Ottawa Citizen)
Saints serve it up for charity Feb 18, 2009
Basketball player Nicole Leibach waits tables at the Mackenzie River Pizza Co. in the summer and football player Cody Lamb said he used to work at Pizza Hut. But Zach Parks was nervous. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Roland survives no-confidence vote in NWT Feb 8, 2009
Ms. Groenewegen has accused the cabinet of misleading the house over contracts for a $155-million bridge across the Mackenzie River. Mr. Roland, elected as premier in October, 2007, initially told Ms. Groenewegen that the government's only financial exposure was a $9-million loan guarantee. (Globe and Mail -- National)
