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Action by Nelson area landowners key to wildfire safety, expert says
A forester with expertise in wildfire and fuel management says Nelson sits between seven and 10 onthe provincial government’s 10-point… read more…
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David Staples: The Beast of Fort McMurray most likely man-made, says forestry manager
The Fort McMurray wildfire was most likely man-made, says Chad Morrison, senior manager of Alberta wildfire investigations. The exact reason… read more…
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COFI Announces Winners in 2016 Lumber Grading Competition
T he Council of Forest Industries (COFI) today announced the winners of the 48th BC Lumber Grading Championship held in… read more…
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Here’s what the science really says about Fort McMurray and climate change
A few days ago Mike Flannigan travelled to Fort McMurray as part a special scientific research team studying the raging… read more…
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Raising the profile of biomass
Biomass inventory, supply-chain logistics, standards and technological applications, emerging markets, technical and regulatory hurdles were highlights of two bio-economy workshops… read more…
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Forest Practices Board reviews timber sales
Cherryville residents hope a review will lead to changes within a government agency. The Forest Practices Board will examine the… read more…
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The Lost Secret Sign Language of Sawmill Workers
When the linguists Martin Meissner and Stuart Philpott first started visiting sawmills in British Columbia in the 1970s, they thought… read more…
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Statscan reports 6 per cent increase in production at Ontario sawmills
Sawmills across Northern Ontario continue to be busy, feeding an increasingly hungry U.S. housing market. Statistics Canada reports that mills… read more…
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Woodlot management workshop for women at Forties N.B. Community Hall
Women in Forestry is the first in a series of hands-on, one-day workshops for women with an interest in woodland management… read more…
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Billionth tree celebrated…with tree planting
The planting of the billionth tree in the Prince George Natural Resource District was celebrated Thursday at the Central British… read more…
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Peter Foster: Resolute Forest Products uses mafia laws to go after the eco ‘mob’
The RICO suit alleges Greenpeace is a ‘fraud’ that has ‘duped’ donors. All too often, corporations, concerned about the potential… read more…
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Upper Clearwater residents raise questions about logging plans
Upper Clearwater residents might disagree about the Upper Clearwater Hall but they seem to be more in agreement about their… read more…
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Hopes high to keep idled ON mill
Hornepayne Mayor Morley Forster said he hopes his town’s idled lumber mill won’t go the way of the wrecking ball… read more…
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NB MP raises softwood
Softwood lumber agreements between Canada and the United States have come and gone, but one thing should remain the same,… read more…
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Forests Ontario announces 2016 Ontario Envirothon Champion
Today marked the final day of a weeklong competition that saw the top 18 Ontario Envirothon schools from across the… read more…
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Advocates for western toad fight Nakusp logging project
Construction of roads for a controversial logging project near Nakusp has already begun, but critics are still hoping to see… read more…
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Residents who live near Englishman River seeking strict standards for logging
Logging on the riverbank just downstream from Englishman River Falls Provincial Park has some local residents calling for stronger regulation.… read more…
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Alberta wildfire underlines need for national talks on disaster mitigation
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the devastating fire in Fort McMurray underlines the need for a national discussion on disaster… read more…
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What the Alberta fire says about our attitudes toward climate change
Attempts to link the Fort McMurray fire to climate change, most prominently by Elizabeth May, have been swatted down hard… read more…
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N.W.T. fire season: no fires to fight after quiet, moist May
After two punishing wildfire seasons, the 2016 Northwest Territories fire season has started in unusually calm fashion. Updating reporters on… read more…
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Fire ban under review
Moderate and heavy rainfall across much of Northwestern Ontario over the past few days has allowed provincial crews to get… read more…
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Resolute Files Racketeering Suit Against Greenpeace in U.S. Federal Court
Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for… read more…
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Pinnacle Pellet announces immediate operations curtailment
Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. announced today (May 31) that it will curtail operations at its Quesnel pellet plant effective immediately.… read more…
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BC VIEWS: ‘Climate action’ charade continues
The moving deadline for B.C.’s latest bold plan to control Earth’s weather with taxes has slid from March into June.… read more…
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No word of progress at Canada-U.S. softwood lumber talks in Ottawa
Canadian softwood lumber negotiators held a one-day meeting with their U.S. counterparts in Ottawa this week but there was no… read more…