by Working Forest | Jan 14, 2016 | Archives
Choose To Save Lives – Actively Participate in a Safety Culture Plans are well underway for the 2016 Interior Safety Conference. Building on the success of the Northern BC Forest Safety Conference, the forest industry is working to build a similar event in the BC’s...
by Working Forest | Jan 13, 2016 | Archives
In the course of researching a forthcoming commentary on Canada’s trade policy for the good folks over at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP), I stumbled upon a surprising and encouraging bit of data. I grouped Statistics Canada’s series on...
by Working Forest | Jan 13, 2016 | Archives
When Darren Hudson first purchased land in Barrington, the seven-time logrolling champion lumberjack had a vision. “I wanted to pass on the skillset that I possess,” said Hudson in a Jan. 5 interview. That vision has grown into the Lumberjack AXEperience camp –...
by Working Forest | Jan 13, 2016 | Archives
Less than six weeks after announcing its closure, a family-owned local timber company has purchased a Boyle sawmill from an Edmonton timber company for more than $30.6 million, plus working capital. However, the mill is still scheduled to be shut down this year. The...
by Working Forest | Jan 13, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
BC’s coastal forest industry has never been under this much pressure to keep pace with the global market place. The TLA’s 73rd Annual Convention & Trade Show will take place January 13 – 15, 2016 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver. Over this three-day...
