Small, start-up and exporting businesses were among the major beneficiaries of new fiscal measures introduced in Thursday’s provincial budget. “It’s a positive sign being sent to small and medium-sized businesses on whom payroll taxes weigh heavily and hinder growth,” said Martine Hébert, vice-president and spokesperson for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Starting in 2017,…
The Nanaimo Port Authority is conducting an audit after logs broke loose from a boom near Protection Island during a recent storm. The port has four can buoys in the area with 90 bundles that broke loose and went into Mark Bay onto the shore on March 10 – they were recovered between March 11…
In Canada, Canfor’s operations source a significant proportion of our fibre from our forest tenures, where we are responsible for forest management. In the US, we buy logs from private landowners and don’t manage forests directly. In 2015, Canfor planted 78 million trees in BC and Alberta. In addition to purchasing seedling from local nurseries,…
Lumberjack simulator Forestry 2017 is coming to PC and consoles. The PC version of the game is out on March 25, although simulator fans on console will have to wait a few more weeks to get their hands on a digital chainsaw. The game is, as you might imagine, about conquering the forest. We’ll be…
A paper mill in Maine is closing down this spring, to the potential benefit of its rival, the heavily subsidized Port Hawkesbury Paper mill in Point Tupper.Nova Scotia ratepayers who think this contraction in the North American market for high-end paper has nothing to do with them should think again. Other customers of Nova Scotia…
China’s sweeping program to restore forests across the country is working. The vast destruction of China’s forests, leveled after decades of logging, floods and conversion to farmland, has become a story of recovery, according to the first independent verification published in today’s Science Advances by Michigan State University (MSU) researchers. “It is encouraging that China’s…
Three wildfires have already occurred in the Edson Forest Area since March 1. The three wildfires, causes unknown, arising from outdoor burning, were all less than one hectare, said Area Information Coordinator Joan Simonton, a forestry official with Agriculture and Forestry. “Winter burns can burn underneath the ground and reignite,” she explained. Campfires don’t need…
Premier Christy Clark’s vow to push work at the $9-billion Site C dam “past the point of no return” may be music to the ears of some construction contractors, but not to all pulp and paper firms. In a great irony, as the costs soar into the billions to build infrastructure to supply “clean” electricity…
Ernst Baxmann is a hero, says International Forest products (Interfor) logging engineer Aaron Gunther. The company agreed without hesitation and stepped up with a way to thank him. It was in early December that Baxmann was driving his personally-owned logging truck, fully loaded, when he met a jeep that had crossed the centre line. Because…
Small, start-up and exporting businesses were among the major beneficiaries of new fiscal measures introduced in Thursday’s provincial budget. “It’s a positive sign being sent to small and medium-sized businesses on whom payroll taxes weigh heavily and hinder growth,” said Martine Hébert, vice-president and spokesperson for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Starting in 2017,…