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 3, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
One of the largest tree-planting exercises in B.C. history is in jeopardy due to drought. Many in the know are worried because the newly planted trees — roughly the size of two toothpaste tubes stacked together — are vulnerable to the parched conditions. This year’s...
by Working Forest | Sep 3, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
In less than a decade, WorkSafeBC’s video production has evolved from a handful of cassette tapes to tens of millions of views online. Gordon Thorne, manager of product and program development, said WorkSafeBC started out distributing videos in the form of VHS...
by Working Forest | Sep 2, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
West Fraser’s two divisions in Williams Lake are celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary with a community event. On Saturday, Sept. 12 the company will host a full afternoon of activities for the whole family at the Cariboo Memorial Complex and Boitanio Park. “It...
by Working Forest | Sep 2, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Area residents can expect to see plenty of trees falling in Oakville’s woodlands next week as the Town begins the removal of ash trees killed by the Emerald Ash Borer. The impacted areas will include Parkway 1 on Bayshire Drive, Parkway 2 on Rockingham Drive, Joshua...
by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
A woodcutter who works near Boundary Creek just off N.W.T.’s Highway 3 says he lost a year’s worth of work when a controlled burn went out of control. Kerry Smith says fire officials with Environment and Natural Resources were doing a back burn near his...
