by Working Forest | Dec 20, 2019 | Archives
BC Government News –The Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN) is leading an environmental monitoring study in collaboration with industry and the Province that will inform future updates to placer mining regulations for the Atlin region. In July 2019, the...
by Working Forest | Dec 20, 2019 | Archives
VICTORIA, The Canadian Press in the National Post — British Columbia Labour Minister Harry Bains is not ready to step into a long-running strike at Western Forest Products but he says he’s willing to meet with both sides. Bains made the comment Wednesday, one day...
by Working Forest | Dec 20, 2019 | Archives
VICTORIA, VANCOVER SUN — The B.C. government watered down some of its contentious forestry policies Thursday as it grapples with an economic crisis in the coastal forest sector. But the province still refuses to intervene in a five-month strike between Western Forests...
by Working Forest | Dec 20, 2019 | Archives
Global trade of softwood lumber slowed in the 3Q/19 but was still on pace to be higher than in 2018. Russia, Belarus, Germany and Finland have boosted their lumber sales the most this year, reports the WRQ This is a brief excerpt from the newly released market report...
by Working Forest | Dec 19, 2019 | Archives
Receiving the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize made Gerhard Schickhofer reflect on his career. – It is a situation to think about my work and future, he says. Photo: The MWP 2019 Laureate Gerhard Schickhofer. Photo by Johan Gunséus Last October Gerhard Schickhofer...
