Arboricultural staff in Fredericton are monitoring for an invasive insect that kills ash trees. They have installed lime green prism traps in 20 locations throughout the city to see if they will catch any emerald ash borers. Don Murray, the manager of parks and trees, and the city’s forester, says while they’ve been watching for the…
Allegations the mandatory evacuation of Fort McMurray was issued dangerously late continue to surface as the province launches an inquiry into the city-wide exodus. “We need to understand why there was such a delay,” said Diane Slater, a retired councillor and former acting mayor in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. “I hear mixed messages and I’m sure the public does too. We…
Fortress Paper Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Fortress Global Cellulose Ltd. and Fortress Lumber Corp., entered into an asset purchase agreement with LSQ Energy, L.P. and LSQ Development, L.P., each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nexolia Bioenergy Inc., providing for the sale of the buildings, equipment and other…
The thing to consider about WoodsCamp isn’t its pedigree, its potential social impact or its business case. They’re impressive, but the highlight of this young Mahone Bay startup is its ambition. Founded by Will Martin and Alastair Jarvis, WoodsCamp aims to revolutionize the way timber is harvested in private woodlots. Within 10 years, it hopes…
The Ontario government has ignored startling information about a potentially dangerous mercury dumping site for seven months, a Star investigation has found. Saying he was writing out of “guilt,” a retired labourer says that more than 40 years ago he was part of a small crew that “haphazardly” dumped drums of mercury and salt into…
A concerned Premier Kathleen Wynne is sending government scientists to Grassy Narrows to investigate a report of a potentially dangerous mercury dumping site on land near the First Nation community. Her comments Tuesday came after a Star investigation found the province had ignored startling information from retired labourer Kas Glowacki, who reported that 40 years…
Business in Vancouver’s 2016 list of the top 100 public companies in B.C. reveals the stellar year enjoyed by the province’s forestry companies in 2015. Each of the 11 companies on the list that generated sales from producing lumber, pulp, paper or finished wood products saw an increase in revenue in 2015 compared with the previous year….
The pressure on businesses to fold in the face of environmental scare campaigns can be enormous. But in federal court in Georgia, Canada’s Resolute Forest Products is suing Greenpeace for defamation, racketeering, conspiracy and other alleged offenses. In March we told you about a separate defamation lawsuit filed by Resolute that is currently winding its…
Allegations are mounting that Cantimber Biotech’s operations are producing negative health effects for Port Alberni residents. Stacey Gaiga, who lives in the neighbourhood above the facility, said that she and her neighbours are coming down sick as a result of Cantimber’s emissions. “If you look at all of the evidence, we’ve got a neighbourhood with…
Canada is listing nine B.C. species under the Species at Risk Act for the first time, ranging from a fly found in the South Okanagan to a lichen found in older forests within the Rocky Mountain Trench. The federal decision follows the recommendations of a national group of scientific experts, theCommittee on the Status of Endangered…