According to information obtained by the Teamsters Union, the re-opening of the Norbord plant in Val-d’Or is in jeopardy as the result of a decision by the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec. The fact is that in December, the ministry terminated the timber license held by the Norbord plant…
A year of discussions have culminated in a Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (Pic River First Nation) company becoming a “significant” fibre supplier to the AV Birla Terrace Bay Mill. Mkwa Timber will harvest wood from the Pic River Forest and transport it to the mill for processing. The company took possession of new Ponsee harvesting equipment in…
Strik Baldinelli Moniz, Civil and Structural Engineers are proud to announce the first Six Storey Wood Framed Midrise Building Project has been constructed in Hamilton, Ontario. Templar Flats is a mixed-use building designed by Lintack Architects and will be the first Six Storey Midrise Wood Framed Building completed in Ontario. Strik Baldinelli Moniz completed the…
Parliamentary Secretary Kim Rudd, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, today met with forest sector stakeholders and highlighted the Government’s support for growing and developing markets for Canada’s sustainably produced, high-quality forest products. Parliamentary Secretary Rudd’s speech discussed five key areas for the transformation of Canada’s forest sector, including…
It has been 20 years in the making. Now an agreement has been reached among environmentalists, aboriginal groups, logging companies, and the government, to protect a massive area of British Columbia’s coastal rainforest. Valerie Langer, director of forest conservation for Forest Ethics Solutions was a major player in the deal. The Great Bear rainforest comprises…
A group of African refugee tree planters who were found living in miserable conditions at a camp near Golden were award their EI payments after more than five years in court. According to the BC Public Interest Advocacy Centre (BCPIAC), who represented the tree planters in their fight with the Canada Revenue Agency, the Minister…
The University of British Columbia’s finance committee has voted against selling off the school’s fossil fuel holdings, saying it would go against their fiduciary duty. The finance committee, part of the school’s Board of Governors, made the recommendation Wednesday to keep fossil fuel stocks as part of the university’s $1.4-billion endowment, while also creating a…
On Monday, B.C.’s coastal forest industry celebrated signing the Great Bear Rainforest conservation agreement along with the region’s First Nations and environmental groups. But the companies involved don’t have a lot of time to rest on their laurels. The deal offers the forest licensees certainty around access to an annual harvest of 2.5 million cubic…
The Vancouver Park Board has voted unanimously in favour of a biodiversity strategy that will see 25 hectares of “natural area” in the city restored or enhanced by 2020. There are 20 at-risk species in the city according to the park board, which considers its new strategy a “legacy piece” that will ensure future generations can…
The Great Bear Rainforest agreement is a victory for everyone involved, including the forest industry, said its members after yesterday’s announcement signaled that 15 per cent of the forest was open to logging. The agreement also protects 85 per cent of the coastal temperate rainforest, which stretches from B.C.’s Discovery Islands to Alaska’s Tongass Rainforest,…