by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2016 | Archives
It was a Toronto winter carnival unlike any other – if only because it featured a “Wolf Man.” On Saturday Jan. 31, 1925, tens of thousands of Torontonians cheered in High Park while they watched “Wolf Man Joe LaFlamme” drive a sled team of timber wolves and huskies...
by Working Forest | Apr 7, 2016 | Archives
The pruning ban is in effect and the warnings are out as Saskatoon prepares to keep the elm bark beetle out of the urban forest this summer. The tree killing beetle brought the first confirmed case of Dutch elm disease to the city last year. “The case that we...
by Working Forest | Apr 6, 2016 | Archives
Snuneymuxw First Nation’s arms-length economic group kicks off its second cut of Mount Benson forest this month with a half-million dollars in its pocket. The Snuneymuxw Economic Development Group of Companies contracted out the sale of 40,000 cubic metres of its...
by Working Forest | Apr 6, 2016 | Archives
They’re eager, these beavers — but making sure the damage is meager has the city in a fever. Three years after the most devastating disaster in city history, Calgary finds itself fighting the latest fallout from the Great Flood of ‘13, this time in the form of giant...
by Working Forest | Apr 6, 2016 | Archives
The latest statistics from WorkSafeBC show some lumber mills appear to be ignoring risks caused by dangerous buildups of potentially explosive wood dust. The agency has posted administrative penalties levied for various infractions, including several involving...
by Working Forest | Apr 6, 2016 | Archives
Quebec announced on Tuesday a series of measures aimed at protecting woodland caribou, a species that has been designated as vulnerable in the province since 2005. Under the action plan, the government will maintain 90 per cent of intact forests, create protected...
