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Press Release: Minister Thomson Talks Forestry With BC’s Coastal Mayors
Minister Steve Thomson met with 32 coastal community mayors and councillors last night to discuss how forestry is impacting the… read more…
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Make old growth forest an election issue
Now that the dust has settled a bit about the maple tree, let’s try to gain some perspective. This was… read more…
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Millar Western hits 200 millionth seedling milestone
This year Millar Western is celebrating the planting of their 200 millionth tree seedling since the company’s planting operations began… read more…
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Royal Visit: Duke and duchess visit the Great Bear Rainfore
Long before Prince William was born, his great-great-great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, presented a royal staff to a chief of B.C.’s Heiltsuk… read more…
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Canada Must Place More Value On Its Urban Forests
Last week, on National Tree Day (Sept. 21), NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe) announced her Private Members’ Motion proposing the… read more…
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Rare N.S. forests being protected
Two rare, old-growth Acadian forests near Tusket and Pugwash will be spared the saw. The Natural Conservancy of Canada has… read more…
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Alberta lumber giant West Fraser Mills facing charges after chemical leak
A pulp mill near Hinton, Alta., is facing environmental charges after failing to report the leak of a chemical into the air… read more…
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If U.S. softwood lumber deal fails Alberta is looking at China
There’s some nervousness for Alberta’s forestry companies. But there’s also talk of new opportunity in China. The Softwood Lumber Agreement… read more…
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B.C. rejects plan for low-carbon Vancouver power plant
An ambitious plan by the city and a private developer to create a low-carbon power plant for the downtown peninsula… read more…
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Editorial: Victoria must intervene in renewed ‘war in the woods’
The Conference Board of Canada warns that global economic growth is weakening, exacerbated by the uncertainties of the United Kingdom’s… read more…
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Forest industry prosperous in tough times
Forestry and lumber businesses make the cut for a prosperous industry during the current economic downturn. High Prairie Forest Products… read more…
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Alberta hoping to open looming lumber market in China
There’s some nervousness for Alberta’s forestry companies. But there’s also talk of new opportunity in China. The Softwood Lumber Agreement… read more…
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UBC research reveals genetic patterns in trees for climate adaptation
Researchers from UBC have helped discover a pattern of genes in two coniferous trees that help them to rapidly adapt… read more…
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Tolko draws mayor’s fury
The mayor of Merritt says he’s angry about Tolko Industries’ decision to close a sawmill that employs 200 people in… read more…
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Merritt mill closure latest in series of Interior setbacks going back 15 years
The planned closure of Tolko’s Merritt sawmill by the end of the year — throwing 200 workers out of a… read more…
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Tolko mill closure robs tiny Merritt of a major employer and 200 jobs
More than 200 jobs will be lost when Tolko Industries shuts its Nicola Valley sawmill in Merritt in December because… read more…
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Canada’s Great Bear forest comes under Commonwealth canopy
An unlikely alliance of the Queen, Prince William, the Labour MP Frank Field, Commonwealth countries and Canadian ecologists join forces… read more…
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Province partners with BC First Nations Forestry Council
The provincial government and BC First Nations Forestry Council (BCFNFC) have entered into a new labour market partnership to bring… read more…
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Good wood draws crowds
We on the Sunshine Coast love our wood. The Wood Expo, a one-day celebration of this natural resource, took place… read more…
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How Felling Trees Can Help Fortify a New England Forest
Walk a few hundred yards into the woods in Durham, Connecticut, and you’ll see something that looks like it’s out… read more…
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Terrace, B.C. sawmill to upgrade
SKEENA SAWMILLS is on the verge of announcing substantial improvements to its milling facility and associated works along Hwy16 west… read more…
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Project aims to make better use of residual forest products
The Miwa district of Hitachi-Omiya, Ibaraki Prefecture, located in the northwest part of the city, close to the border with… read more…
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Natural resource showcased at Explore Forestry Day in Corner Brook
Hundreds of young students from the Humber Valley area got to learn all about the value of the forests around… read more…
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What is one tree worth? City attaches a few price tags
There’s a sugar maple in Gage Park that is worth more than $21,000. As lumber? No, as an annual estimate… read more…
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100s of hectares, several saved species, and 25 years later, Macphail Woods celebrates
The Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project is marking 25 years of working to restore P.E.I. forests with a celebration this… read more…