Calgary Herald, by Susan Lazaruk.  Pipeline plans fuel house-price boom in parts of B.C. – Conversely, assessed values drop on Vancouver Island

Alaska Dispatch by Dermot Cole.  The {Fairbanks, Alaska} Fairbanks, Alaska, Chena River, Winter, Sunset, Doyon, Art, Photo by Dave Harbourutility that supplies 335-degree steam heat to 73 downtown customers through underground pipes has been burned by the public response to its request for a 95 percent increase in its rate capand is trying to cool the situation.  “It was not and is not Aurora’s intention to increase actual rates by that amount all at once,” Aurora Energy President Buki Wright wrote to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska Tuesday.  (NGP Photo: Overlooking frozen Chena River on a winter morning, with public art — bicycles and ship anchor — in foreground and Doyon Regional Corporation headquarters building in background.)

Bakken News.  Kinder Morgan tankers may offer another Bakken transport option – 01/05/2014  Kinder Morgan may soon offer Bakken producers another means of getting their crude to U.S. markets. The energy infrastructure giant said Dec. 23 it is paying $962 million in cash for nine tankers to carry crude within the U.S., taking advantage of an increasing demand for waterborne transportation a….

North of 60 Mining News….  Yukon Government amends mining acts and regulations….