A resurgence in American housing starts will help position Prince George at the head of the country’s class of mid-sized cities in terms of future growth, according to the Conference Board of Canada. However, the city’s mayor says the region is striving to diversify from its reliance on forestry. The Conference Board of Canada’s Mid-Sized…
Prince George will see the strongest economic growth among the seven mid-sized cities covered in a Conference Board of Canada outlook. Following growth of 2.6 per cent last year, Prince George’s economy is forecast to make further gains over the next two years, with real GDP rising by 2.4 per cent this year and 2.8…
The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is occurring mainly at the power plant level. But what about transportation? Can we significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by switching to cleaner fuels? Or is this just an attempt to keep 20th century technology chugging along while trading one set of environmental problems for another? Biofuels…
Hundreds of insect traps have been set up around Edmonton so city pest management staff can monitor any threat to the city’s urban forest. “About half of our street trees are green ash and the other half are American elm so between the two of them there’s a lot of vulnerability there,” said Mike Jenkins,…
Close to 100 people gathered the parking lot of the Johnston Road 7-Eleven on Friday and marched to Victoria Quay to support a campaign to ban raw log exports. Representatives from major forest industry unions and environmental organizations along with local elected officials and First Nations marched Friday, July 22, in Port Alberni to rally…
Catalyst Paper Corporation (TSX:CYT) today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. The company recorded a net loss of $26.6 million and a net loss before specific items of $27.3 million in the second quarter. This compared to net earnings of $16.9 million and a net loss before specific items of $5.1…
The Vancouver TED conferences have become a home for people who want to express big ideas. Standing outside TED2016 was another big idea: ELEVATE, a temporary installation of two warming huts inspired by high-alpine shelters. The wood structures were designed and built by local students as part of a three-month design-build course at the DBR…
The milllions of moths that have been carpeting parking lots, cars and even people in the Campbellton-Dalhousie area over the past couple of days are likely related to the dreaded spruce budworm. Rob Johns, an insect ecologist with Natural Resources Canada, says the influx seems to be a migration of spruce budworm moths and is likely due the current weather conditions. “These…
Hugh Murdoch with the B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire is one hectare in size and not expected to grow. “We are pretty confident it will not get any bigger,” said Murdoch. Along with one helicopter, there is a B.C. Wildfire Service initial attack crew and unit crew – totalling 21 forestry firefighters – assisting…
The Alberta government says it is providing nearly $13 million in funding to help create new uses for agricultural and forestry products through the Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions agency. The funding is to go to 61 researchers and companies looking to develop industrial bioproducts or technologies that use plant materials known as biomass. The government…