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Squamish’s clean wood waste used as carbon-rich material
What happens to wood waste created by construction, demolition, tossed-out furniture and yard scraps that end up at the Squamish… read more…
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Elk herds reintroduced to northwestern Ontario on the move: biologist
Elk herds that were reintroduced to northwestern Ontario nearly 20 years ago have started to spread out and claim new… read more…
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Wired for a new start
The power generating station in Cochrane could be started up again this spring, under a new district energy model, thanks… read more…
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Budget season begins with Tolko talk
The City of Merritt is facing an estimated four to six per cent drop in overall tax revenue in 2018… read more…
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Premier’s promise of assistance embraced by B.C. coastal logging contractors
Premier Christy Clark has promised logging contractors on B.C.’s coast some help with their most intractable problem, how to get… read more…
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Connect with Us NEWS Catalyst Paper aims to go from public to private company
The Supreme Court of BC gave the green light on Jan. 18 to major changes to the way Catalyst Paper… read more…
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Specialized helicopter used to combat beetle-infestation
Aviation enthusiasts will be interested in catching a glimpse of the Kaman K-MAX 1200 aircraft at work heli-logging in and… read more…
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Trade minister confident Nova Scotia will dodge softwood lumber duties
Nova Scotia Trade Minister Michel Samson says he believes the province will be exempt from any new duties that could be… read more…
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In It For The Long Run: Struggling To Support Our Rural Communities
Independent timber harvesting contractors—the economic backbone of BC’s rural communities—are struggling in a business climate that doesn’t support locally owned… read more…
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Financial impact of Fort McMurray wildfire reaches almost $10 billion: study
An assessment of the total financial impact of last spring’s Fort McMurray wildfire is pegging the direct and indirect costs… read more…
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First Nation Forestry Council and four B.C. Pulp & Paper Companies work together to promote greater co-operation
The First Nation Forestry Council (FNFC) and four B.C. pulp and paper companies are pleased to announce they have signed… read more…
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Company fined $1.1 million for devastating fish-bearing streams in Haida Gwaii
“Cataclysmic” damage to fish habitat on Haida Gwaii has lead to $1.1 million in fines to a now-dissolved company controlled… read more…
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United Steelworkers president will continue to fight for Canada’s lumber industry
The Sudbury-born head of North America’s largest private sector union says many of his members voted for Donald Trump. International… read more…
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Fed. gov’t vows action on mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows ‘once and for all’
The federal government has promised action that will deal with Grassy Narrows mercury contamination “once and for all.” Working closely… read more…
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Trump Presidency brings uncertainty for forest and cattle industries
No one will argue Donald Trump is a man of many words. Whether he will follow through on this promises,… read more…
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Vaughn Palmer: Donald Trump’s tariffs on wood could hurt some B.C. communities
The B.C. Liberals are increasingly concerned that the rising threat of lumber tariffs in the United States could generate a… read more…
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ELF hoping to strike deal with Island Timberlands
Island Timberlands has begun logging on a parcel of private managed forest land it owns in the upper Lockyer Road… read more…
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Whittaker: Forest industry knows it has to look after the land
Re: “We must protect waterways,” Stephen Legault, Opinion, Jan. 7. There has been a lot of talk about our headwaters… read more…
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Ottawa to appeal $13.8 million award to Vancouver Island First Nation
The federal government is appealing a decision by a special claims tribunal to award $13.8 million in compensation to a… read more…
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Scientists identify the real king of the forest: fungus
To a casual hiker, one bit of North American forest may seem like any other. But look more closely and… read more…
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Ducks Unlimited Canada and forestry leaders launch collaboration on wetland conservation
Wetlands and waterfowl in Canada’s boreal forest will be the beneficiaries of a new program launched by Ducks Unlimited Canada… read more…
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COLUMNS: Let U.S. home builders work on Canada’s behalf
U.S. lumber manufactures want restrictions on Canadian lumber so they can make more profits. American home owners and industries involved… read more…
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Canadian Beavers Are Destroying Patagonian Forests In Chile And Argentina
Canadian beavers are wreaking havoc in an unexpected location: a swath of forest in South America. Some 200,000 dam-building creatures… read more…
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Domtar Windsor mill: Precision tree-harvesting
William Angus and Thomas Logan chose Windsor, Que., as the site of Canada’s first wood-based pulp mill in 1864. Today,… read more…
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Trump could be Canada’s best weapon in the softwood fight
As president-elect Donald Trump begins to shape his trade agenda, there are concerns about the effect on the Canadian economy,… read more…