by Working Forest | Nov 6, 2015 | Archives
Canada has signed almost two dozen side letters with its trading partners in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, including an agreement with the United States to combat illicit trade. Canada also signed a side agreement with Japan that appears to protect the exports of...
by Working Forest | Nov 6, 2015 | Archives
Many Nova Scotians imagine the mill owner’s profits are pretty good, since it is assumed the maker of supercalendered paper can remain profitable and still pay millions of dollars in trade penalties to the United States government. The U.S. Department of Commerce has...
by Working Forest | Nov 5, 2015 | Archives
As the province’s wolf cull gets set to enter its second season, environmentalists are accusing the provincial government of letting logging companies affect mountain caribou management policies. The province launched into the wolf cull last winter, claiming it was...
by Working Forest | Nov 5, 2015 | Archives
A march and rally for sustainable BC forestry garnered a crowd of upwards of 100 at Charles Hoey Park Friday afternoon. The event, organized by the Pulp, Paper, and Woodworkers of Canada Public and the Ancient Forest Alliance, and attended by folks from up and down...
by Working Forest | Nov 5, 2015 | Archives
Busenbark County Park had no parking lot, no bathrooms, no trails, not even a sign to alert passers-by it was a park. Its amenities were more the natural sort. They included thick woods, with a few trees being at least 500 years old, and a natural spring from which...
by Working Forest | Nov 5, 2015 | Archives
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s toughest foreign policy challenge will not be climate change, China or even the Syrian refugee crisis. It will come in the form of our relations with the United States — our most important friend, partner and customer. And the Americans...
