The inaugural Logger Training Program in the West Kootenay was successfully completed at the endof February, opening up opportunities for employment in the regional forestry sector for thegraduates. The objective of the training was to introduce individuals to the logging industry – preparing theparticipants to begin a career as a logger. The Logger Training Program…
The Government of Québec writes about its demonstration projects which are showcasing how low carbon buildings can reduce emissions and create affordable homes for communities. This is part of The Climate Group’s Home2025 project. The Société d’habitation du Québec (Quebec Housing Corporation) – a government initiative which connects citizens to adequate housing and helps 225,000 households…
Snuneymuxw First Nation’s arms-length economic group kicks off its second cut of Mount Benson forest this month with a half-million dollars in its pocket. The Snuneymuxw Economic Development Group of Companies contracted out the sale of 40,000 cubic metres of its Mount Benson forest to Coastland Wood Industries, a Nanaimo-based veneer mill. It’s also chosen…
They’re eager, these beavers — but making sure the damage is meager has the city in a fever. Three years after the most devastating disaster in city history, Calgary finds itself fighting the latest fallout from the Great Flood of ‘13, this time in the form of giant rodents with an insatiable appetite for trees,…
The latest statistics from WorkSafeBC show some lumber mills appear to be ignoring risks caused by dangerous buildups of potentially explosive wood dust. The agency has posted administrative penalties levied for various infractions, including several involving sawmills where unsafe levels of sawdust have been found. A $75,000 fine was imposed at the Conifex pellet mill…
Quebec announced on Tuesday a series of measures aimed at protecting woodland caribou, a species that has been designated as vulnerable in the province since 2005. Under the action plan, the government will maintain 90 per cent of intact forests, create protected areas in the Broadback Valley and in the Montagnes Blanches and preserve the habitat…
Merritt’s Tolko lumber mill isn’t expecting to have to make any more job cuts due to a lower allowable annual cut (AAC) now in effect for the Merritt Timber Supply Area. Last November, Tolko laid off 29 full-time employees and curtailed their small log production in response to expected reductions to the annual allowable cut….
Officials are crossing their fingers in the hopes of harvesting less than half of their allowable cut from the Cheakamus Community Forest this spring. In April of 2009, the Lil’wat and Squamish First Nations and the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) signed a joint 25-year tenure with the B.C. Ministry of Forests and Range to…
Air Canada today announced it will participate in Canada’s Biojet Supply Chain Initiative (CBSCI), a three-year collaborative project with 14 stakeholder organizations to introduce 400,000 litres of sustainable aviation biofuel (biojet) into a shared fuel system at a yet to be determined Canadian airport. Previous Air Canada biofuel flights used biojet that was segregated and…
Wood cost is the factor that often determines the competitiveness of a pulp manufacturing plant or region, because it is the largest cost component when producing wood pulp. During the past few years, this cost has varied between 45% and 70% of the total cash cost, depending on product grade and the costs of other…