Catalyst Paper Corporation (TSX:CYT) today announced the appointment ofFrank C. De Costanzo as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. A seasoned treasury and finance executive with significant experience and banking relationships across the globe, Mr. De Costanzo joins Catalyst from Kinross Gold Corporation, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, where he has…
When Mitchell Benzmer enrolled in the forestry program at Charles Bloom secondary school, hard work wasn’t high on his list of priorities. By the time he finished the program, he had a part-time job, was helping out as a peer tutor in Grade 12 and had been named Forestry Student of the Year. “It gave…
British-based manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser Inc. has suspended its tree-planting program on farmland in the B.C. Interior after continued opposition from local governments. Communities from the Peace, Prince George and Cariboo regions grew increasingly alarmed as the carbon offset program known as RB Trees for Change accumulated thousands of hectares of cleared farmland and planted seven…
It’s still early in the wildfire season and yet B.C. has already eaten through $52.5 million of its $63-million firefighting budget for the year. The province is parched after an unusually warm winter and a hot, dry spring, raising concerns that this could be a particularly rough season for fires. B.C.’s annual wildfire budget is…
The forest sector could be a way to pump much-needed money back into rural New Brunswick’s economy but low prices are killing the industry, according to a woodlot manager. “The biggest barrier we’re facing in restoring the Acadian forest and doing good forestry is are the low prices for wood that are being paid in…
Unbelievable to hear negative raw log exports comments from Mayor Mike Ruttan and MLA Scott Fraser without facing the facts and reality. Their comments all miss the number one point. The lumber industry is now competitive, and to be competitive, B.C. forest manufacturing WAGES have to come down lower. If our mills cannot produce the…
Foresting in Northern BC could see a severe drop following the summer months. With the Canada/USA Softwood Lumber Agreement expiring in October, the foresting industry could take a major blow. Without an agreement, the local economy could be greatly affected and Northern BC unemployment rate could rise further. The rate went from 6.9% in 2013…
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan are marveling at the photos taken from their wildlife cameras set up in Manitoba’s Wapusk National Park, showing grizzly bears outside of their typical habitat. Photos that researcher Doug Clark tweeted out Thursday show grizzlies, polar bears and black bears in the vicinity of one camera mounted on a fence post in…
Resource-revenue sharing has emerged as the next Big Idea for First Nations. Like most Big Ideas, it seems simple, but in reality is full of legal difficulties and unintended economic consequences. Perry Bellegarde, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), said immediately upon being elected to that position, “If our lands and resources…
Leaders at Grassy Narrows First Nation want all logging near their community stopped for fear it is adding to the mercury contamination already poisoning people in the northwestern Ontario community. “It’s the same government and the same ministry that allowed the mercury to be dumped,” said Grassy Narrows Deputy Chief Randy Fobister of the provincial…