by Working Forest | May 14, 2015 | Archives
A successful collaboration between FPInnovations, Canfor Pulp and PulpEye has resulted in the world’s first technology for measurement of fibre wall thickness. Canfor is the first pulp producer in the world to instal the fibre wall thickness module, FWT, in four...
by Working Forest | May 14, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
WorkSafeBC has established a “risk analysis unit” to better predict new trends in workplace hazards since the two fatal northern B.C. sawmill explosions, a coroner’s inquest in Prince George heard Tuesday. Historically, WorkSafeBC has relied on data...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2015 | Archives
Have you ever noticed how the Canadians have all sorts of local sports that they use to vent steam? For example, there’s a whole national event where all they do is cut wood in every way imaginable. One time, I was so bored that I watch a whole Sunday of burly...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2015 | Archives
Woodland caribou in northeast British Columbia are headed for extinction and could become the first subpopulation of a species to vanish in Canada while under government protection. Researchers from the University of Northern B.C. and the province say five herds are...
by Working Forest | May 13, 2015 | Archives
An estimated eight million tree seedlings were damaged this season, affecting both industry and the province’s tree planting plans. That works out to about five per cent of the 264 million seedlings grown in nurseries across the province, said Allan Powelson,...
