The provincial government has promised to help deal with deer in response to pleas from municipal leaders around B.C. Responding to recommendations made by the Union of BC Municipalities, the province promised to create a Provincial Urban Deer Advisory Committee and provide up to $100,000 for future urban deer management operations. “The creation of an…
Canfor Corporation announces that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Anthony Forest Products Company located in El Dorado, Arkansas (“AFP”) for a purchase price of $93.5 million US which includes approximately $15 million US of working capital. AFP operates 6 facilities producing lumber, engineered wood and wood chips with a combined capacity of 250 mmbf equivalent. AFP owns a…
One of the busiest wildfire seasons in Saskatchewan history is officially over. The Wildfire Management branch of the Ministry of Environment put out the last two remaining fires with little fanfare roughly two weeks ago. It was a quiet end to a year that showed signs of trouble right from the start. “We got an…
Ontario’s forestry and pulp and paper industries celebrated 100 years of worker health and safety this past week. Workplace Safety North held an anniversary event at the Valhalla Inn. The not-for-profit organization focuses on ensuring every worker arrives home safe and healthy. The group has produced a special 100th anniversary video focusing on the history…
Tom Mulcair says the NDP will pump $105 million over three years into programs aimed at making Canada’s forestry sector more competitive. The NDP leader made the announcement Friday during a campaign stop at a forestry college in the small town of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier near Quebec City. “We will make a series of crucial investments over three years…
“NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s plan to invest in Canada’s forestry sector to create jobs and support innovation is good news for the industry in Northern Ontario”, says Kenora NDP candidate Howard Hampton. “Since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives formed government, we have lost 30,000 forestry jobs in this province,” continued Hampton. “We need to ensure Canada’s forestry…
During a Union of B.C. Muncipalities conference Friday afternoon, Premier Christy Clark announced an investment of $10 million toward preventing wildfires in the province. The announcement came side-by-side with several other funding boosts, including $5 million toward crime prevention and investments into rural communities. The $10 million will be a top-up to the $78 million…
The City of Timmins and industry partners are investigating the feasibility of establishing a forestry innovation and training centre in Timmins. Mayor Steve Black said the idea was broached by the last term of council, and he’s taken it forward to the province to start preliminary discussions. “We know the forestry industry’s in a rebound…
To University of B.C. forestry professor Stephen Sheppard, the freak windstorm that hit Metro Vancouver in August, downing thousands of trees and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people, is a stark reminder of the increasing challenges facing managers of urban green spaces. With that in mind, UBC’s faculty of forestry is launching…
Re: “Walbran plans balance green, economic values,” Sept. 23. Instead of showcasing his involvement with land-use planning more than 30 years ago, the Coast Forest Products Association’s Rick Jeffery would have been more obliging if he had told readers what has changed since the 1990s. Today, most land-use plans in the province are so grossly…