by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2017 | Archives
The company operating a train that derailed and killed three people in a northern Vancouver Island community stopped business Friday out of respect for the families of the victims. Two people were killed Thursday in Woss, B.C., and RCMP Cpl. Tammy Douglas confirmed...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2017 | Archives
A union representing logging workers says mechanical failure, not human error, is being blamed for the forestry train derailment in Woss that killed three people and injured two. The train, carrying a large load of logs, somehow rolled away from the reload yard and...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2017 | Archives
B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark blitzed through the Cariboo region Friday, trying to reassure sawmill workers that their jobs will be safe, even though a nasty trade battle is brewing with the United States. The U.S. is expected to announce early next week whether...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2017 | Archives
The provincial government is asserting its support for the New Brunswick softwood lumber industry the week before a preliminary determination is expected from the United States Department of Commerce on their countervailing duty investigations of imports of certain...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2017 | Archives
It’s a long-standing call of unions and industrial planners in Canada that the key to future prosperity is to export fewer natural resources by keeping them in Canada for processing and then shipping exports with more “value added.” Forestry products are a regular...
by Working Forest | Apr 19, 2017 | Archives
Northern Ontario is leaking workers and people. If nothing is done, that could easily turn into a flood, the Northern Policy Institute warns. In a release, the Northern Policy Institute said the North will be short 75,000 workers and 150,000 people by the year 2041,...
