by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
Some residents of the Ghost Valley, west of Cochrane, are upset that logging trucks have been granted permission to use local roads to haul timber. “The road use decision is a stinging disappointment in a series of disappointments for the community,” said...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
City council has approved the formation of two new task forces designed to rejuvenate forestry in the community and to come up with a plan for the city’s prestigious waterfront property. The task forces were first announced by Mayor Andy Adams in his inaugural address...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
One-off costs totalling Can$19.4m in connection with the closure of the Canal Flats sawmill in British Columbia, as well as declining selling prices on softwood-lumber markets in North America and Asia have resulted in the third quarter in a sharp fall in operating...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
Three individuals temporarily blocked logging company Teal Jones Group’s road building work in the Walbran Valley on Tuesday, suggesting that confrontation in the area may escalate. Dave Cascagnette, Trevor Schinkel and Jennifer Whitehouse acted on their own,...
by Working Forest | Nov 12, 2015 | Archives
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a $32.5-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by investors who lost money when Sino-Forest Corp. collapsed in 2012 amid allegations of fraud. Several Canadian banks and other financial institutions that...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2015 | Archives
Dennis Day was all ready to protest a Mi’kmaq moose hunt that Parks Canada approved for Monday on North Mountain in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, but there was nothing to protest. Day, a resident of nearby Cape North, set up camp along the Cabot Trail just...
