by Working Forest | Nov 22, 2016 | Archives
Things were wild during the timber times in Renfrew County. Larry Cotton’s new book The Turbulent Square Timber Era, the sixth book in the Whiskey and Wickedness Ottawa Valley series, examines life in the Valley during the bustling time. “People will find it...
by Working Forest | Nov 22, 2016 | Archives
The best jobs in Canada are forestry or mining manager according to Canadian Business Magazine. These jobs were also the top job in 2015. They have a median wage of $104,000 with wage growth of 19 per cent and five-year employee growth of 44 per cent. They also have...
by Working Forest | Nov 22, 2016 | Archives
The B.C. government’s management of publicly owned forests has made small communities “collateral damage” and threatened their economic sustainability, according to a municipality in the province’s northeast. “The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality… is...
by Working Forest | Nov 22, 2016 | Archives
In the wake of a report that Donald Trump’s transition team would include softwood lumber in future talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), information tabled in the House of Commons this week reveals the cost of managing the contentious file...
by Working Forest | Nov 22, 2016 | Archives
Local politicians are welcoming what they call a new relationship with logging companies. Tolko Industries made a presentation to the Regional District of North Okanagan board Wednesday, and director Mike Macnabb says that’s a result of communities across the province...
by Working Forest | Nov 22, 2016 | Archives
This story has been edited from the original form which appeared in print in the interest of clarity. Domtar and the City of Dryden settled all outstanding municipal taxation matters from 2009 to 2016 in a Memorandum of Understanding back on June 20, 2016. This story...
