by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
Holly Chandler booked a holiday in Whistler and she got Beijing instead. That’s how the Toronto realtor compared the air quality Tuesday as Whistler village choked on smoke drifting in from the Elaho and Boulder Creek forest fires. “It’s like Beijing,” she said in an...
by Working Forest | Jul 8, 2015 | Archives
Saskatoon firefighter Lieutenant Bruce Siemens is seeing and feeling the forest fires at close range in La Ronge. “It’s amazing how you can drive by an area that’s completely green,” he said, “and you’re forced out five minutes...
by Working Forest | Jul 7, 2015 | Archives
As noted in previous articles on 250 News, the Harper Conservative government promised $1 billion in funding for the BC Interior to address the devastation of the pine beetle epidemic but, according to its own budget figures, only delivered $200 million before the...
by Working Forest | Jul 7, 2015 | Archives
One of Canada’s most protected industries — British Columbia timber — has been targeted by Japan in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, The Canadian Press has learned. Japan is pushing Canada to eliminate or modify the controls it imposes on B.C....
by Working Forest | Jul 7, 2015 | Archives
Preparing for Question Period by crafting questions and practicing the barbs and retorts is part of the process. The theatre is usually more important than the substance. But for all its profile and focus, the real work of parliamentarians mostly happens away from...
