The Cree nation is urging the Quebec government to take a stand against the logging industry. A project that involves building two access roads into a forest is causing concern among the Cree and several environmental groups. The two access roads would be built into the Broadback Forest, about 800 kilometres north of Montreal. The…
One of the largest pulp-and-paper producers in the world has launched a major wildfire prevention initiative in the wake of large-scale forest fires in its home country of Indonesia last year. And the company is turning to its B.C. connections to do it. Asia Pulp and Paper has contracted Parksville-based TREK Wildland Services to provide…
A key B.C. construction-industry trade association is calling for speedy regulatory approval of major infrastructure projects as the industry prepares to gather for its biggest trade show of the year in Vancouver this Wednesday and Thursday. Organizers for the Buildex conference are expecting some 14,000 attendees at the Vancouver Convention Centre for sessions on the…
The Yukon Government has officially adopted a strategy to get Yukoners to heat their homes in a way that it says is cost-effective and environmentally sustainable. The government drafted its biomass strategy last year, noting that wood-fueled heating systems are present in just 20 per cent of Yukon homes. Yukoners spend $60 million a year on fossil fuels, a figure the government wants…
One community in northwestern Ontario is pinning its hopes on small business to bring it more economic prosperity. Atikokan has struggled for many years, particularly since two large iron mines shut down four decades ago. The town is a far cry from its heydey in the 1960s, when the population was more than twice what it…
First Nations leaders in Treaty 3 claim provincial law enforcement agents are infringing on their members’ harvesting rights. Four Anishinaabe men are scheduled to appear in courts across Northwestern Ontario this spring on charges First Nations say present a pattern of poor education on provincial jurisdiction and treaty rights. A moose was quartered in Nigigoonsimikinkaaning…
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced the completion of the merger with Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Shareholders of both companies approved the transaction at separate special meetings of shareholders held on Feb. 12, 2016. The combined company retains the Weyerhaeuser name and continues to be traded under the WY ticker symbol on the New York Stock…
After millions of dollars in upgrades over the past year, 30 Unifor union members are now back at work producing lumber on the first sawmill shift at Kenora Forest Products. Unifor national representative Stephen Boon said Friday that “this operation closed during the height of the 2008 U.S. housing crash and we are extremely pleased…
Lumber producers in Alberta hope the federal governments in Canada and the United States are able to quickly hammer out a new softwood lumber deal before a trade war breaks out. The softwood lumber deal agreed to in 2006 by the two countries expired in October 2015. Under the terms of that deal, the U.S….
Vernon-based Tolko Industries has been named one of B.C.’s top employers for 2016, by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. The award recognizes employers who lead their industry in offering an exceptional place to work. “I am proud of this recognition, as it validates the continued work on our goal of being the employer…