Seven years ago, workers at the Harmac pulp mill near Nanaimo defied the odds and hung onto their jobs at a time when so many of their counterparts at other mills in British Columbia were losing theirs. Each worker scraped together $25,000 and three local investment groups pooled resources to save the pulp mill from…
Designed to reduce the high number of serious accidents in the forestry industry, the technology will be demonstrated to North American companies at a conference in March. The machines have already reduced accidents, conference organiser John Stulen of Innovatek said. “The serious harm statistics are well down and that’s because over the last three years,…
A Nova Scotia company says it’s the first in the world to create biofuel completely out of a forestry product. Cellufuel moved into the former Bowater Mersey paper plant in Brooklyn, N.S., after the plant closed in 2012, throwing around 2,000 people out of work. Since then, Cellufuel has been developing biofuel that could be…
At a meeting last week, some McBride residents spoke with concerns against the idea of creating a provincial park around the Ancient Forest. The province is working with the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and other organizations to potentially establish a provincial park, a requirement to propose the site as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The…
Leading logging experts heading to Vancouver Logging Conference The tables are about to be turned on logging contractors in British Columbia. After years of exporting logging equipment and technology to countries like New Zealand, there’s been big change in forest harvesting down under. Kiwi loggers are set to show off their safe logging innovations on…
NCC says $40,000 left to reach fundraising goal The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is getting a boost in its fundraising for the Salmonier River Conservation Project, with a contribution from ExxonMobil. The NCC is currently targeting the preservation of 278 acres (113 hectares) of land, adding it to land already protected by the organization….
There’s a super-energy-efficient 85-unit apartment building being built the corner of Skeena and East Hastings streets. On its website, 8th Avenue Development Group describes the rental project as the “largest passive house building” in Canada. The description is bound to confuse those who wonder how a multifamily complex could ever be characterized as a “house”….
The provincial government says it is committed to most recommendations on improving wildlife habitat affected by heightened logging activity associated with mountain pine beetle devastation. Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations Minister Steve Thomson has committed to reviewing and acting on the advice and a majority of recommendations contained in the report, Getting the Balance…
Forestry and Agrifoods submits five-year plan for review Locals are invited to offer their input on the province’s proposed five-year operating plan for management areas in the Central region. Forestry Services Branch of the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency registered its Crown Zone 5 Five-year Forestry Operating Plan (2016-2020) plan for environmental assessment on Dec. 9….
For Premier Christy Clark, the big take-away from the recent federal campaign was not the promise-heavy Liberal Party of Canada election platform but rather the winning tone of party leader Justin Trudeau. “I think what people voted for in the federal election was optimism,” said Clark in an interview in her Victoria office Wednesday. “They…