Billionth tree celebrated…with tree planting

The planting of the billionth tree in the Prince George Natural Resource District was celebrated Thursday at the Central British Columbia Railway and Forestry Museum. That was where dignitaries planted a spruce tree to mark the milestone. The number dates from when...

Hopes high to keep idled ON mill

Hornepayne Mayor Morley Forster said he hopes his town’s idled lumber mill won’t go the way of the wrecking ball like some other recession-ravaged Northern Ontario forestry mills have done. “My concern at the moment is that some raider will come in and scrap it,”...

NB MP raises softwood

Softwood lumber agreements between Canada and the United States have come and gone, but one thing should remain the same, says the MP for Cumberland-Colchester. “The softwood lumber industry in Atlantic Canada is different from the industry in the rest of Canada, and...