TPP puts Japan within easier reach: exporters

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...

Seeing the forest and the trees

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...

Canada-U.S. softwood lumber deal to expire

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...

B.C. trees may not reveal drought damage yet

B.C.’s drought this past summer is expected to eventually kill many trees, but a forest pathologist said it might not be apparent which trees until the spring. Stefan Zeglen with the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resources in Nanaimo said a significant...

Opening Doors: Aboriginal art

The program ‘Opening Doors’ featuring Aboriginal door carving is opening doors to a new generation of young Aboriginal artists embracing the culture and storytelling nature of traditional BC Aboriginal art. On October 5, FPInnovations and Emily Carr...