by Working Forest | Oct 13, 2015 | Articles
Earlier this month, the University of British Columbia announced that construction on its new student residence was set to begin. No ordinary residence, the 18-story building will be constructed using wood. Upon completion, it will be the tallest wood building in the...
by Working Forest | Oct 13, 2015 | Archives
The BC Lumber Trade Council is urging the federal government to engage with the U.S. government to determine a way forward following the expiration of the Canada-U.S. Softwood Lumber Agreement. The agreement has been in effect since 2006 and expires on October 12,...
by Working Forest | Oct 13, 2015 | Archives
BC companies that want to be big in Japan are expecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to provide a boost. “It would be difficult for us to see how Canada could not have signed this because otherwise our competitors would have had an advantage,” said Christina...
by Working Forest | Oct 13, 2015 | Articles
There was a flurry of excitement in the B.C. legislature last week, as Delta South independent MLA Vicki Huntington released documents suggesting that a multinational manufacturing company continued to buy up B.C. farms for carbon offsets after they said last June...
by Working Forest | Oct 13, 2015 | Archives
The softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the United States expires Monday, and British Columbia is signalling that reaffirming lumber trade stability between the two countries must become a top priority of the new government in Ottawa following the federal...
