A Victoria-based filmmaker is shedding light on B.C.’s coastal forest industry with a new documentary series entitled Heartwood: A West Coast Forest Documentree. In his series, Daniel J. Pierce highlights coastal communities, like Port Alberni, Cortes Island and Port Hardy, that are uniting to defend the last few pockets of old-growth temperate rainforest on the…
The Province has released its Industry Outlook Profile for the next ten years, predicting which sectors will see growth and job demands. The report, ( accessible here) has detailed employment growth and job openings forecast information. It is predicted thee will be nearly a million job openings in B.C. y 2025, with most of those…
About a third of this year’s spruce beetle larvae are expected to mature a early, adding their number to the outbreak as next year’s crop takes flight in the spring. Most of the spruce beetle in the Omineca region – about 85 per cent – typically follow a two-year life cycle, said Robert Hodgkinson, a…
Limited seats are available for the four-month Coastal Forest Resource program in Campbell River this January, designed to give students an advantage in BC’s forestry industry. The four-month program provides students with hands-on skills and knowledge to start outdoor careers on the B.C. coast. Graduates say the program provided enriching career opportunities on the BC…
The Newfoundland and Labrador government says its proposing to cut wood from a former birch reserve near Gander, despite concerns from cabin owners in the region. In a statement, a spokesperson with the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agrifoods confirmed the decision to open the area for proposals to harvest trees. “We are aware of concerns expressed by cabin…
The government department responsible for forest roads is replacing two bridges that were a barrier to reopening the mid-island highway route from Burgeo to Badger in central Newfoundland. The scheduled replacement of the two bridges — at Portage Lake and Otter Pond Brook, located on the Lloyds River Resource Road near the Burgeo Highway —…
Protesters at the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador were again blocking access to the work site late Wednesday in violation of an earlier court injunction. Nine people had been arrested early Monday after Nalcor Energy secured an injunction on Sunday forbidding obstruction of its main entrance. RCMP said they each faced one count of…
On Wednesday, National Bioenergy Day, part of National Forest Products Week, is the time the U.S. Forest Service is emphasizing the importance of wood energy to Montana and to the entire country. Regional Wood and Biomass Utilization Coordinator for Regions One and Four of the U.S. Forest Service said the week and the special day…
As a trading nation, Canada has much to lose if protectionism — clearly on the rise in the U.S. and Europe — gains more ground. Protectionist sentiment reflects a misunderstanding of how trade benefits the economy. The benefit does not come from a mercantilist maximizing of the surplus of exports over imports. Treating exports as…
The one-year halt on the United States lumber industry’s ability to take legal action against Canadian softwood lumber producers passed last week, with no agreement struck yet. Last October, the most recent Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) of 2006 between the two northern countries expired, granting a one-year peace term for negotiations to take place before…