by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
The Nova Scotia government has released information about the $700 million taxpayers invested in or have earmarked for 78 companies through the defunct Nova Scotia Jobs Fund. But confidentiality clauses or rules, agreed to by previous governments, makes it hard to...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
The chasm separating British Columbia’s political and aboriginal leaders could not have been defined more clearly as the second annual all-chiefs meeting got underway in Vancouver Wednesday. B.C.’s Minister for Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, John...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
Canfor Corp. announced Wednesday (September 9) that is is permanently closing its Canal Flats sawmill, laying off 65 workers and nine staff members. The mill’s last day is to be November 9. It’s the second time in less than a year that the small village of Canal Flats...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Powell River Community Forest made a profit of close to $750,000 from logging city-owned property this year. At the Tuesday, August 18, City of Powell River committee of the whole meeting, Greg Hemphill, president of community forest board of directors, and Chris...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
The Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) will likely expire next month and enter a one-year standstill period, said British Columbia’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations. Steve Thomson made the comments while visiting staff at...
