Three groups once labelled enemies of the province by a B.C. premier have been given an international award for their work in helping to protect the Great Bear Rainforest. The Rainforest Solutions Project, a collective effort of Greenpeace, the Sierra Club and Stand, has received the $100,000 Buckminster Fuller Design Award for a decades-long effort…
One of B.C.’s toughest aboriginal critics during the decade-long negotiations for preservation of the Great Bear Rainforest on the B.C. coast has turned his attention to provincial politics. Dallas Smith has been outspoken in his role as president of the Nanwakolas Council representing six aboriginal communities on northern Vancouver Island and the adjacent coastline. He…
City council’s consideration of a plan to confront the invasive emerald ash borer has been delayed again. Administration’s $6. City council’s consideration of a plan to confront the invasive emerald ash borer has been delayed again. Administration’s $6.8-million proposal to manage the inevitable decimation of local ash trees over the next decade was to have…
A test plot of conifer trees on an eroded hill on a farm in Perth County continues to thrive more than 100 years after it was initially planted. The woodlot south of Stratford near Harmony is now full of maple, pine, spruce, ash and cherry trees. The property, known as the Monteith farm, was the…
Canadian lumber and government officials told the U.S. trade representative that any new softwood lumber agreement must reflect the differences in forestry regimes across the country. The chief executives of 10 lumber producers and Canadian International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland met Wednesday in Toronto with Michael Froman. Resolute CEO Richard Garneau declined to provide details…
With 18 stories and 53 meters height, the recently completed Brock Commonsdormitory of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, is the world’s tallest timber tower. Recent advances in solid wood panel technology, specifically in cross laminated timber (CLT) materials, have fueled an unprecedented boom in the construction of wooden buildings over the last few years. The development of much stronger formaldehyde-free…
Under construction at the University of British Columbia Point Grey campus, the CA$51.5 million mass timber structure is a hybrid system comprised of cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor slabs, glulam columns, steel connectors, and concrete cores. On target to achieve LEEDGold certification, the building structure was completed less than 70 days after delivery of prefabricated components…
Ready, set, click… the Council of Forest Industries and our media partner Canadian Forest Industries Magazine are happy to announce the launch of the Community Forestry Photo Contest! Starting September 21 and running until December 9, we will be accepting photo entries that capture the essence of the forest industry in the interior of British…
The possible closure of the B.C. Wildfire Rapattack barracks in Salmon Arm came up at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention which ran from Sept. 26 to 30 in Victoria. Salmon Arm coun. Ken Jamieson said the possibility of closing the barracks in Salmon Arm was discussed during a meeting with B.C. Minister…
Wells Gray Community Forest is planning for the longterm, according to general manager George Brcko. That was the theme of a tour of the community forest held recently as part of National Forest Week. Despite the community forest recently announcing that it had up to $1 million available in its new “major grant funding envelope,”…