by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Sometimes you just wonder why business people even bother. Making money can be so damn hard. Back in 1890, David Gilmour was an entrepreneur and a go-getter. A git’er done kinda guy. His lumber mill was one of the biggest in the world, supplying both American and...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
B.C.’s exports are forecast to grow by six per cent next year, according to a new study by Export Development Canada — Canada’s export credit agency. “It’s really a broad-based increase. We actually get some commodity price increases,”...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
The 2015 wildfire season was one of the busiest on record, Alberta Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier says. “There was not a lot of snowpack through the winter, so we had a particularly dry spring. and especially in the spring and summer, there was not a lot of rain,...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
Forestry had a good showing at the 7th Annual BC Aboriginal Business Awards last month which is good news for the whole sector. Lincoln Douglas accepted the Business of the Year – 10 or more person enterprise award for his company, K & L Contracting/Links...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
The Canfor Mill as Canal Flats officially closes its doors Monday said the United Steelworkers Local 1-405 in a media release. As of Monday (November 9), after over a 100 years of sawmill operation in or around Canal Flats that history has come to an end. “This has...
