Dragging the Alaska Highway pipeline back in front of Canada's National Energy Board would be like replaying the Stanley Cup finals -- at the insistence of the losing team. Bob Blair chuckles at his analogy. And for good reason. After three decades of convoluted corporate mergers and acquisitions, the analogy -- like the future of the pipeline project itself -- is anything but clear-cut. >
Walk down the street and you’ll see the Sahara, the Stardust, the Mirage and the Flamingo — all in full colour neon. But it’s not Las Vegas.
It’s tiny High Level, Alberta. With northern lights to spare, a thriving agricultural economy even though it’s a spit in the wind from the Northwest Territories boundary and a hotel-to-resident ratio rivaling Vegas, it could be considered Alberta’s gateway to the North. >
Alberta companies are staking their claim on business development in Canada's North >
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