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Raw log rally attendees send message to BC gov’t
Close to 100 people gathered the parking lot of the Johnston Road 7-Eleven on Friday and marched to Victoria Quay… read more…
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Catalyst Announces Second Quarter Results
Catalyst Paper Corporation (TSX:CYT) today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. The company recorded a net… read more…
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Wood-ribbed huts provided warmth at TED2016
The Vancouver TED conferences have become a home for people who want to express big ideas. Standing outside TED2016 was… read more…
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Moth infestation in northern N.B. likely spruce budworm
The milllions of moths that have been carpeting parking lots, cars and even people in the Campbellton-Dalhousie area over the past couple… read more…
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Forest fire in Enderby, BC
Hugh Murdoch with the B.C. Wildfire Service said the fire is one hectare in size and not expected to grow.… read more…
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Alberta awards $13M to researchers and companies for biomass development
The Alberta government says it is providing nearly $13 million in funding to help create new uses for agricultural and… read more…
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Engineering professor using NASA satellite data to forecast forest fires
Imagine being able to accurately predict where forest fires might strike — even in the most remote locations in the… read more…
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New fire located in the Nipigon District
There were two new fire confirmed in the Northwest Region by the afternoon of July 23. One is located in… read more…
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Two new forest fires burning in the northeast
Two new forest fires are burning the northeast region as of Sunday, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry reports.… read more…
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Forestry funds shared
It’s the Village of Lumby’s way of saying thank you. Village council unanimously voted to donate $10,000 in revenue from… read more…
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ART SEEN: Tree stumps in public art work recall industrial logging in Metro Vancouver
On West Georgia, there are a couple of ghosts that have taken physical form. They’re in the shape of two… read more…
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Stephen Hume: Sierra Club calls for a moratorium on old growth logging
High rates of logging old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island will lead to an ecological and economic collapse in a… read more…
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Forestry groups to introduce area teachers to forest management
Consider a cluster of year-old pine trees, scrawny and less than 2 feet tall, next to some 20-year-old pines that… read more…
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Coalition demands end to raw log exports
Unifor pulp and paper locals in British Columbia threw their support behind a rally on July 22 that demands an… read more…
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Forestry workers, environmentalists call for ban on log exports
Forestry workers and environmentalists gathered in Port Alberni on Friday to call for a ban on log exports and for… read more…
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U.S. Senators ‘inaccurate’ on lumber claim: Premiers
Premier Christy Clark and other provincial and territorial leaders have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, asking him to refute… read more…
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U.S. senators turn up the heat in Canadian lumber dispute
The Canadian government fired back Wednesday at “inaccurate” claims from a group of influential American senators who are demanding the U.S.… read more…
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Restoring Fort McMurray’s Urban Forest Our Greatest Challenge Yet
Like all Canadians, I watched the nightly news in disbelief as wildfires devastated the Fort McMurray region throughout the months… read more…
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Canfor explains its Upper Clearwater B.C. logging plans
Logging blocks under discussion on the shoulder of Trophy Mountain and on the west side of the Clearwater River would… read more…
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Toronto’s Norbord riding the rising wave of OSB sales
For years, it was known as the ugly duckling, cheaper alternative to plywood. One design maven described it as “like… read more…
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Thunder Bay city council delays decision on emerald ash borer
Thunder Bay city councillors have delayed a decision on whether to adopt a proposed action plan to combat the emerald… read more…
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Manitoba’s UNESCO bid for boreal forest suffers setback
The push to have a large swath of rare boreal forest designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site has suffered… read more…
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Glimpsing the future: Researchers predict how fires will change N.W.T. forests
A group of forest fire scientists are studying areas of forest in the Northwest Territories that have re-burned in the past… read more…
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Fighting emerald ash borer will cost Thunder Bay millions: report
City administrators in Thunder Bay, Ont. say they expect dealing with the arrival of the emerald ash borer in the… read more…
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Failed reforestation attempt near Creston raises red flag
A failed reforestation effort in the Kootenays has left B.C.’s logging watchdog concerned. Arrow Glenn Ltd, a private logging company with access to over 600 hectares… read more…