Lessons For Alaska From Canada:

Investors Can Go Anywhere.  Get "your act together".  You're not the "only game in town!"      -dh

CBC News.  ConocoPhillips says it doesn't plan to do any more exploration work on its parcel in the N.W.T.'s Canol shale oil play for the foreseeable future.

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"Although a significant discovery declaration and subsequent significant discovery licence is a positive indication for a play, it does not indicate commercial viability," said Kristen Ashcroft, a spokesperson for ConocoPhillips.

The company says it will return to the site next winter, but only to suspend a well — "a common industry practice to verify the secure condition of a well for the long term," said Ashcroft.

The company would not confirm whether its discovery is oil or natural gas or both.

CBC News.  The sixth annual Yukon First Nations Resource Conference brings together First Nations and mining companies ….

"I see some very, very encouraging signs and I also see some extreme negativity with the bureaucracy in place and some of the regulation and some of the bickering,” says Steve McAlister, director of Sepro Mineral Systems Corp, a company that provides equipment to the mining industry. 

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"Mining companies can go anywhere in the world, and they're going to go where the risk is least and the projects are most lucrative,” he says.

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He says companies need certainty when they’re considering investing, and says he, personally, is feeling “ambivalent” about spending his company’s money here.   

His advice for all governments?  "Make sure you have your act together because the Yukon isn't the only game in town."

McAlister adds companies do not like surprises … such as court cases.

Point of personal privilege: Nephew Dave Harbour of Lamar, Colorado makes the clan proud yet again!  Lamar Ledger by Chris Frost.  

Southeastern Developmental Services had a special morning Thursday, March 12, as the American Legion Post 71 stopped by to present the organization with a new American Flag.

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Post Financial Officer and Adjutant Jesse Herrera said SDS was ready for a new flag.

"What a better day could you have for doing this," he said. "There are so many great people here and this is what we do."

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Dave Harbour called the gesture a cool time.

"We sure do appreciate Jesse and the guys from the American legion coming down and bringing a new flag to us," he said. "It sure meant a lot to all the clients down here."