by Working Forest | Sep 30, 2016 | Archives
Mayors and councillors from across the province are calling for a halt to logging of old-growth forests on Vancouver Island. On Wednesday, delegates to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention endorsed a resolution put forward by Metchosin and championed by...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
In what looked and sounded like a road-test of her 2017 election campaign, Premier Christy Clark used her annual speech to municipal leaders Wednesday to announce new funds for water systems and benefits for forest firefighters. Speaking to a packed room of local...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
B.C. municipal leaders have thrown their weight behind a call to halt the logging of Vancouver Island’s remaining publicly owned old-growth forests. The resolution passed by a significant margin Wednesday at the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention. Metchosin...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
Light is being shined on the forest sector in Kenora this week. An International Union of Forest Research Organizations conference is being held at the Clarion Lakeside Inn and Discovery Centre. John Pineau, a provincial leader with FP Innovations helping host the...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
Leadership in structural and architectural wood use by local governments was recognized today at the Union of B.C. Municipalities Convention in Victoria, as Wood WORKS! BC announced the winners of the 2016 Community Recognition Awards. The awards are presented...
by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2016 | Archives
The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Chu Cho Industries LP on non-replaceable forest licence A62375, during the week of Oct. 3, 2016. Chu Cho Industries operates under the Economic Development Corporation of the Tsay Keh Dene Nation. The auditors...
