by Working Forest | Nov 1, 2019 | Archives
TORONTO — In the lead-up to National Skilled Trades and Technology Week, Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, announced a record-level investment to support expansion of the province’s Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program to include an additional 122 new...
by Working Forest | Nov 1, 2019 | Archives
CTV News — As the mountain pine beetle epidemic spreads in Alberta, the province is stepping up funding to fight the forest-devastating pest. According to a report by CTV News, Forest Minister Devin Dreeshen announced a $5-million increase in the pine beetle...
by Working Forest | Nov 1, 2019 | Archives
BC, Surrey Now Leader — The B.C. government says it has addressed all but nine recommendations made in an external report that looked into how the province could have been better prepared after the devastating wildfire and flood season of 2017. According to a...
by Working Forest | Nov 1, 2019 | Archives
VICTORIA, Forest Practices Board – An audit of non-renewable forest licence A91154, held by the Saik’uz First Nation, near Vanderhoof, have found compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act, according to a new report. The forest...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2019 | Archives
BC Local News — The provincial government has approved the transfer of Conifex Timber’s forest license to Hampton Lumber. In a news release on Oct. 28, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD) said...
by Working Forest | Oct 30, 2019 | Archives
Ottawa, Ontario: Earlier today, the Business Council of Canada (BCC) issued a report that calls on the country’s newly elected MPs to come together and support a forward-thinking agenda that will improve the lives of Canadians. Forest Products Association of Canada...
