by Working Forest | May 20, 2015 | Archives
A federal infrastructure funding announcement on May 15 included $5.6 million to upgrade the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, a research facility that supports Canada’s forest sector by advancing forest management policy and conducting important research in fields...
by Working Forest | May 20, 2015 | Archives
The RCMP has joined an investigation into a wildfire in northern B.C. over the possibility arson was involved. The police want the public’s help in the investigation of the Little Bobtail Lake fire southwest of Prince George that has already burned an area nearly 60...
by Working Forest | May 20, 2015 | Archives
Tembec is suspending operations at its three sawmills in Quebec due to the high cost of wood supply in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. The company says the wood costs make its sawmills uncompetitive given the persistent weak market prices for lumber in North...
by Working Forest | May 20, 2015 | Archives
Residents of Palisades mobile park home in Spallumcheen say on windy days, they feel like prisoners in their homes. The residents live near Tolko mill’s co-generation plant and the business puts its ash pile close to the homes. “I probably wouldn’t be that upset if we...
by Working Forest | May 20, 2015 | Archives
A mysterious spike in the shares of a small Canadian pulp and paper stock is rumoured to foretell an exit of Greece from the euro zone. Fortress Paper’s stock has taken off in recent days despite the lack of any material catalyst, aside from speculation the company is...
by Working Forest | May 20, 2015 | Archives
Forest fires as news stories have always been popular. That has never changed. What has changed, however, is how the news media cover them. Not so long ago, the B.C. Forest Service welcomed reporters and photographers out to the front lines, to get up close to the...
