by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
Within one year, Ontario Power Generation brought online two pellet-fueled power stations, both converted from coal. While Atikokan Generating Station uses traditional wood pellets to generate up to 200 MW of electricity, Thunder Bay Generation Station is a peaking...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
United Steelworkers official Adam Connell is seeking names for a petition calling for a public inquiry into the sawmill blasts that took place at Lakeland Mills and Babine Forest Products. So far Connell, who is in Prince George this week, has gathered 5,200 names and...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick says reforesting farmland in B.C.’s Interior is contrary to the intent of B.C.’s agricultural land reserve, and he’s looking for a way to put a stop to it. British health and household products manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser Inc....
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
It stands out when visitors pull into the viewpoint to take in the Hope Slide, 170 km east of Vancouver on the old Crowsnest Highway on the way to Manning Park. Within the mountain vista behind the stark, grey rock swath that marks the path of the massive 1965...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
British Columbia’s auditor general says the province has failed to adequately address the long-term environmental impact of its resource-development decisions. Carol Bellringer issued a report Tuesday, saying that building roads, logging forests and exploring...
