by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2015 | Archives
While Canada’s politicians fiddle about on the barbecue circuit this summer, the country burns. By Monday afternoon, 5,041 wildland fires had scorched 3.02 million hectares, equal to about half the area of Nova Scotia, and 902 of them were still burning. Air tanker...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2015 | Archives
80% of organisations remove Greenwash following the latest Two Sides Anti-Greenwash Campaign Two Sides have been actively challenging organisations which use greenwash to mislead consumers regarding the environmental benefits of alternative media. They have done this...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2015 | Archives
Bryan Hayes, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Greg Rickford, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today announced investments in science...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2015 | Archives
A forestry agreement signed Monday halts a $180-million Cree lawsuit against the Quebec government. But one group was missing from the negotiation table — the Innu First Nation. While the agreement between the Quebec government and the Grand Council of the Crees calls...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2015 | Archives
While northern Saskatchewan forest fires rage, SaskPower is struggling to keep up with the damage being done to its infrastructure. Last week, employees worked to restore 42 poles on the line to Pinehouse, Sask., that had been burned by fast-moving fires. The power...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2015 | Archives
Forest fires raging in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia are taxing assets in those provinces and requiring firefighters, planes and equipment from across the country to head west in significant numbers. Fire agency managers in those provinces – and to a...
