New Agreement Further Erodes the Working Forest

VANCOUVER – BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) President and CEO Susan Yurkovich and Forest Products Association of Canada President and CEO Derek Nighbor issued a joint statement in response to the announcement today that the Intergovernmental Partnership...

thyssenkrupp is a new MIP partner

thyssenkrupp Materials Services, the largest materials trader and service provider in the western world, has recently become a partner of MPDV’s Manufacturing Integration Platform (MIP). In an interview with MPDV, Pascal Frank, Sales and Project Manager at...

Three First Nations get good forestry audits

VICTORIA, BC Forest Practices Board – An audit of three non-renewable forest licences (NRFL) held by the Ts’elxweyeqw, Leq’a:mel and Skwah First Nations in the Chilliwack Natural Resource District found compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act and the...

Barb Drennan named forest technologist of the year

NORTH ISLAND GAZETTE — Barb Drennan, RFT, of Port McNeill was named BC’s forest technologist of the year by the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) at its annual forestry conference in Nanaimo last week. “Recognition as the forest technologist of the...