by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Catalyst Paper’s earnings, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, was down in its fourth quarter to $6.8 million from $8.0 million in the third quarter. The company reported a net loss, excluding specific items of $10.4 million in its fourth quarter...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Revelstoke City Council has agreed to request the Minister of Forests to mediate discussions on potential logging within Mount Macpherson’s recreational area as the next step in the sensitive issue. Next year, BC Timber Sales, a semi-autonomous arm of the B.C....
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Muskrat Falls contractor pursuing suit after being thrown off megaproject Great Western Forestry disputes Nalcor Energy’s claim its work on the Muskrat Falls (Newfoundland & Labrador) project was not up to snuff. The contractor — once tasked with clearing trees...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
Emergency crews were called to a logging accident just after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. Three loggers were hit by a tree near the Monashee Pass forestry road, east of Cherryville. “It was a logging incident. They were actually actively logging and one of the logs...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
The genome of the mountain pine beetle – the insect that has devastated B.C.’s lodgepole pine forests – has been decoded by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. This is a first for the mountain pine...
