Premier Christy Clark is impressive talking the talk on the international stage. At the Paris summit she’s been poised and persuasive pumping up British Columbia — and her government, of course — as climate leaders. That’s on the basis of undeniable success in curbing greenhouse gas emissions with a carbon tax initiated by her predecessor,…

A consortium of Canadian aerospace companies and university researchers have announced a pilot project to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. Initially announced in June, during the 2015 Canadian Bioeconomy Conference in Vancouver, the project was recently awarded funding by the Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN) of…

Efforts have expanded to sell the province’s timber products internationally. The B.C. Wood Specialties Group, which promotes the use of British Columbian wood products internationally, has a brand-new office and showroom in the heart of Tokyo, Japan. The new showroom allows the provincial and federal governments and the forest industry to supply the Japanese market…

To the Editor, Water, water everywhere and not a clean drop to drink…that used to be a regular refrain, especially if you live in the Beaver Creek Water District. That’s where TimberWest logging company logged the beautiful Beaufort Mountains from Wolf Creek on the west side to Kitsuksis Creek on the east side, and all…

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson characterizes his trade mission to Japan and China as a success. Thomson, MLA for Kelowna-Mission, spoke with the media on a conference call from Beijing, China Wednesday during his annual Forestry Asia Trade Mission. The dozen or so members of the delegation spent three days in…

The Crown corporation responsible for regulating the electricity market in Ontario says there’s nothing keeping the threatened sawmill and co-generation plant in Hornepayne, Ont., from selling more power — it just won’t be to the province. The Haavalsrud Timber Company told employees last week it would shut down the sawmill and Becker Cogeneration Plant if it did…

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is releasing a comprehensive new land use study that simulates the benefits and liabilities of the next 50 years of development in the western boreal forest region in order to inform dialogue on the options for wildlife conservation in this rapidly developing region. The western boreal forest is an economic…

After a 10-year “climate action pause,” Canada is back at the international table. Though expectations are high that the new government will work to end our dependence on fossil fuels and speed up the transition to renewable energy, there has been little discussion about the importance of and threats to our forests in the fight…