by Working Forest | May 25, 2016 | Articles
An environmental advocate says the wood pellet industry is damaging ecosystems in the United States and wants emerging jurisdictions like the Northwest Territories to proceed cautiously. Sasha Stashwick, a senior advocate with the National Resource Defense Council in...
by Working Forest | May 24, 2016 | Articles
Simmering tensions between B.C. and Quebec, and between large and small Canadian lumber producers, will frame formal Canada-U. S. negotiations to take place here next week. The internal conflict adds to the challenge facing the Trudeau government as it tries to put...
by Working Forest | May 24, 2016 | Articles
Simmering tensions between B.C. and Quebec, and between large and small Canadian lumber producers, will frame formal Canada-U. S. negotiations to take place in Ottawa next week. The internal conflict adds to the challenge facing the Trudeau government as it tries to...
by Working Forest | May 24, 2016 | Articles
The life of an ancient colossus of the B.C. wilderness appears to be over. The Elaho Giant, a centuries-old Douglas fir growing in the Upper Elaho Valley, was caught in a wildfire last June. Although firefighters tried their best to save the famous tree, video shot...
by Working Forest | May 24, 2016 | Articles
When the smoke cleared, unbelievably, there was good news. A $1.5-million stockpile of logs harvested over the winter and stored in a gravel pit north of Fort McMurray had caught fire but only about half of it was consumed before the flames burned themselves out. The...
by Working Forest | May 24, 2016 | Articles
The union representing 600 workers at Tembec’s operations in Temiscaming, Que., will fight announced layoffs taking effect June 20. Roger Gauthier, president of Unifor Local 233, said the cuts do not fall within the provisions of the collective agreement between...
