by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
Canfor Corp. announced Wednesday (September 9) that is is permanently closing its Canal Flats sawmill, laying off 65 workers and nine staff members. The mill’s last day is to be November 9. It’s the second time in less than a year that the small village of Canal Flats...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
The Canada-United States Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) will likely expire next month and enter a one-year standstill period, said British Columbia’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources Operations. Steve Thomson made the comments while visiting staff at...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
Firefighter Stephanie Preheim had only just arrived at the storage facility she was assigned to protect from a massive wildfire near the tourist town of Chelan, Washington, when the winds shifted, pushing the blaze back her way. Told to stand down, the suddenly...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
New tools designed to help WorkSafeBC crack down on regulation and Workers Compensation Act violators are coming into effect Sept. 18. Instead of issuing an order, WorkSafeBC will be able to enter into a compliance agreement with an employer. Under that agreement, the...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is celebrating the international recognition for the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) at the World Forest Congress now going on in Durban, South Africa. An interactive side event called From Conflict to...
by Working Forest | Sep 10, 2015 | Archives
A New Liskeard-headquartered forest management company is close to commercializing a proprietary remote sensing technology to calculate forest inventories. First Resource Management Group has developed a flagship timber inventory analysis and management tool,...
