The only thing missing was the sawdust. Carihi’s Multi-Purpose Room was full of student projects, industry professionals looking for prospective talent and informational displays touting the benefits of forestry Tuesday – including some of the equipment used in the trade. It was all part of the school’s annual Forestry Day. Jason Kerluck, who teaches the…
“Rashomon” was a film made back in 1950 by the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. The film revolves around the murder of a samurai warrior and various characters’ accounts of it. According to their own interests, each of the characters has a very different interpretation as to how and why the warrior was killed. And…
Northern Pulp pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge under the federal Fisheries Act stemming from a 2014 effluent spill. Lawyers for the federal Environment Department and the mill arrived at Pictou provincial court with an agreed statement of facts and prepared to enter the plea and seek a sentence from Judge Del Atwood. However, Atwood…
Kevin Rouck, 55, built his first log cabin in 1980: a modest 1,200-square-foot home over two floors in which he and his wife raised their family. Thirty-five years on and the craftsman is still proud to call it home – a home that has stood the test of time in a rapidly changing building industry….
The import value of logs and lumber to China has fallen by 25% in 12 months because of declining housing constructions, reports Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). China imported softwood logs and lumber worth US$498m during the month of November in 2015. This was 26% lower than the same month in 2014 and the third lowest…
Residents fighting to save Lantzville forest are looking at partial protection for an active woodlot as B.C.’s forest minister makes it clear he won’t end timber harvests. Organizers of Save Lantzville Forest, a grassroots group, are working on a new proposal to protect Woodlot 1475, a 256-hectare property in upper Lantzville, which is 96 per…
A community economic development survey is giving City of Powell River council a venue to raise concerns on timber harvest within its municipal boundaries. The Union of BC Municipalities survey asks local governments to comment on the impact forestry decisions have had on communities and about the level of communication and public consultation from forest…
Certification for the province’s environmental forest management system is a great first step in advancing and revitalizing the industry, according to the Forest and Agrifoods minister. Christopher Mitchelmore held a news conference in Corner Brook Wednesday to make the announcement of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001:2004 certification. Afterwards, the minister spoke about the…
After a year of negotiations with both Resolute Forest Products and Abitibi Riversedge, the Town of Iroquois Falls finally has an agreement for a project that is expected to redevelop the former mill site that has been standing empty for more than a year. The agreement allows the former mill, by Abitibi to be turned…
In April this year, the Tla’amin First Nation will officially become a self-governing nation under a new treaty that will roughly quadruple its land base, grant new forest tenures and shellfish leases and provide $29 million in cash and $11 million in economic development funds. All of which means new economic development opportunities for the…