by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
The province of Nova Scotia has set aside $50 million to begin cleaning up the pulp mill waste treatment plant in Boat Harbour, but there are still questions about where the effluent will be treated after the plant is taken offline. “Today’s legislation...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
Fifty million dollars is a lot of money, but it may not be enough to pay for the Boat Harbour cleanup. That’s according to some Pictou County residents in the know who are concerned the effluent in Boat Harbour may be more toxic than anyone knows. On Friday, the...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
With fires already raging across parts of Siberia, Russia can expect “catastrophic” wildfires as bad as or worse than those that devastated parts of the country in summer 2010, some environmental experts say. A mild winter with little snowfall, the early...
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
A forest fire burning 68 kilometres northwest of Kenora is threatening two lodges, and is very close to the Caribou Falls hydroelectric dam on the English River. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry estimates Kenora fire #005 to be at about 200 hectares....
by Working Forest | Apr 22, 2015 | Archives
The B.C. government is distributing more than $1.7 million in grant money to help control the spread of invasive plant species around the province. The money will be divvied up into 29 grants and given to regional invasive species committees, local governments and the...
by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2015 | Archives
The NAWLA Toronto regional meeting will feature two expert speakers for this afternoon event. Peter Brown, Deloitte Peter E. Brown is a Senior Practice Partner at Deloitte Canada, with 30 years’ experience serving public and private clients in Canada and...
