by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
Three individuals temporarily blocked logging company Teal Jones Group’s road building work in the Walbran Valley on Tuesday, suggesting that confrontation in the area may escalate. Dave Cascagnette, Trevor Schinkel and Jennifer Whitehouse acted on their own,...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Articles
Forestry officials in Indonesia are training elephants to help with the management of the local area. Trained elephants are now able to assist firefighter crews to put out forest fires, and prevent them from igniting. In the elephant conservation centre of Siak...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a $32.5-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by investors who lost money when Sino-Forest Corp. collapsed in 2012 amid allegations of fraud. Several Canadian banks and other financial institutions that...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2015 | Archives
Dennis Day was all ready to protest a Mi’kmaq moose hunt that Parks Canada approved for Monday on North Mountain in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, but there was nothing to protest. Day, a resident of nearby Cape North, set up camp along the Cabot Trail just...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2015 | Archives
The Highway of Heroes Tribute and Forests Ontario have launched a campaign to honour Canada’s fallen by planting 117,000 trees — one for every soldier since Confederation — along Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto. In 2007, the portion of Highway 401 between Glen...
