It was no great shock to hear recently that a Leger survey ranked Canada’s forest products companies as having the world’s best reputation for environmental practices. But it was still very gratifying. Canada’s forest products companies have worked extremely hard over the last few years to ensure that our forests are healthy and will remain…
A Mackenzie wood manufacturer is turning into a repeat offender as far as WorkSafeBC is concerned. As of the end of January, East Fraser Fiber Co. Ltd. had been issued five fines over the span of eight months, according to recently-updated posting’s on the agency’s website. The most recent, issued January 25, was a $67,769.10…
For Ontario and Quebec sawmills to prosper they need free, unencumbered access for softwood lumber exports to the U.S. market, Resolute Forest Products president Richard Garneau told Parliament’s Standing Committee on International Trade this week. “We need to be able to sell freely to the U.S. Indeed, that was the whole point of the Canada-U.S….
A long-time forester is lamenting the lack of properly fitted industrial wear available for women, something she says can put women’s safety at risk while out in the field. Catherine Brady, 33, has worked in forestry for the past decade and often works on Vancouver Island. In that time, she’s seen an increase in the number of women…
The province is trying to mitigate the 10 billion dollar budget the best it can and it’s no surprise they’ve had to impact a few areas. One of those areas is the lumber industry, but speaking on the Alberta Morning News, President of the Alberta Forest Products Association Paul Whittaker says it’s nothing to worry…
AJB Investments is going to court to try to get an injunction against demonstrators who’ve been blocking access to the company’s land in the Chapman Creek watershed for more than two months. The court petition names the group Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF), along with Hans Penner, Ross Muirhead, Jane Doe, John Doe and persons unknown….
Scientists with the federal government are now suggesting the climate change conditions, which caused BC’s devastating Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak just prior to the turn of the century, will have engineered an earlier-than-anticipated full recovery by 2020. The infestation began in 1999, and it’s estimated that it attacked about 18 million hectares of lodge pole…
A new study, with the participation of UPM, has revealed a growing synchrony in ring-width patterns of trees in response to global warming. A multidisciplinary research team consisting of Russian and Spanish researchers, with the participation of a female researcher from School of Forestry Engineering and Natural Resources at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), has…
Fire crews in British Columbia are continuing their efforts to suppress a wildfire burning three kilometres south of the Nazko community, the province’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations said on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, the Nazko fire was 60% contained by BC Wildfire Service crews, the ministry said in a media release. The fire…
There wasn’t necessarily a lot new in what Forestry and Agrifoods Agency Minister Chris Mitchelmore heard at an industry engagement event in Wooddale last week, but there is one matter he intends to make an immediate priority. The minister said he heard lots about the limiting nature of the current Crown permit procedure. It guarantees…