by Working Forest | Sep 22, 2015 | Archives
Protesters fighting plans to log an old-growth forest on the Sunshine Coast are celebrating a temporary victory after construction of a logging road was halted temporarily. The protesters, who have set up camp near Roberts Creek, say the area is an important bear...
by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2015 | Archives
This weekend, Ryerson’s Department of Architectural Science, in partnership with Moses Structural Engineers, will host TimberFever – an intense design and construction competition. Based on a reality television model, students will have just 36 hours to build a...
by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2015 | Archives
As the voice of Canada’s forest industry, the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is proud to celebrate National Forest Week in Canada, September 20-26, 2015 and remind Canadians about the economic importance of the forest sector. National Forest Week is a...
by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2015 | Archives
Two of Canada’s biggest resources companies have endorsed a call for governments and industry to clearly assert the right of aboriginal communities to veto major projects that negatively affect their traditional territories. Suncor Energy Inc. and Tembec Inc. are...
by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2015 | Archives
This week in Jasper — an appropriate setting, it turns out — the Alberta Forest Products Association holds its annual general meeting. Paul Whittaker, the association’s president and chief executive, talked about pine beetles and other issues facing the industry in...
by Working Forest | Sep 21, 2015 | Archives
Parks Canada is preparing to spruce up the province’s only boreal forest. After decades of decline due to insect infestations and hungry moose, the federal agency says it will plant some 56,000 saplings over the next two years. Daniel Sinclair, education officer for...
