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In 2080, Winnipeg summers could be as hot as the Texas desert: projections
Summers in Winnipeg in 2080 will be as hot and dry as they are today in the Texas Panhandle if worldwide greenhouse-gas emissions… read more…
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Carbon release in wake of Fort McMurray wildfire spikes greenhouse gasses
In the fight against climate change, forests play a critical role — drawing more greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere… read more…
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Gary Lamphier: Forest products firms also hit by Fort McMurray blaze
The multi-billion-dollar oilsands facilities around Fort McMurray weren’t the only large industrial operations at risk when wildfires tore through the region over the past week. Alberta’s $4… read more…
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Canadian forestry finding its footing despite market challenges
There was an embarrassing moment at the beginning of PwC’s annual Global Forest, Paper and Packaging Industry Conference in Vancouver… read more…
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‘Pyro’ bugs will help restore burned Fort McMurray forest
The blackened landscape around Fort McMurray is far from a dead zone, despite a wildfire that has reduced more than 229,000 of hectares of… read more…
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Winnipeg’s Urban Forestry Branch Prepares for Emerald Ash Borer Beetle
The city is preparing for another bug invasion. Winnipeg’s Urban Forestry Branch is conducting an inventory of Ash trees on… read more…
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Western internal review reveals ‘dysfunction’
Members of a Western Forest Products advisory group believe their meetings are dysfunctional and a waste of time, according to… read more…
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Northwestern Ontario Wildfire Update – May 10 2016
There were two new fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the evening of May 11. Thunder Bay Fire Number… read more…
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Logging roads in Cree territory get green light amid concerns about woodland caribou herds
The provincial government has green-lit a logging project it hopes can strike a balance between appeasing the needs of industry and respecting… read more…
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Fort St. James Community Forest Audit Finds Issues
An audit of Community Forest Agreement CFA K1D has found that, while the Fort St. James Community Forest Corporation met… read more…
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Innovation to push B.C. forward: experts
British Columbia industry experts are looking to innovation in materials and methods to push the province forward. Construction consultant Helen… read more…
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Forest fire location, not necessarily size, priority for battling blazes
Whipped up by wind and fuelled by tinder dry conditions, the wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta., grew to about 1,000… read more…
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Annual allowable cut at 2.3-million cubic metres
The province’s chief forester has elected to smooth out the annual allowable cut in the Kamloops timber supply area by… read more…
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Canadian lumber producers reject rumoured U.S. calls for return to quotas
Canadian forestry company executives are eager for a new softwood lumber agreement but say they are not interest in a rumoured… read more…
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P.E.I. forestry employees learn how to get out of moving helicopters
Some P.E.I. forestry workers are learning how to safety get in and out of a moving helicopter — a skill… read more…
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Forested communities trying to protect against wildfires
Tucked in the Rockies, the mountain towns of Banff and Canmore are built in a long, narrow valley surrounded by forests of Lodgepole pine, Douglas… read more…
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Forestry compensation fund receives boost, silviculture sector now included
The Province is providing a $1-million lift to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund to protect eligible forestry contractors and… read more…
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Growing a greener future at Forests Ontario’s annual Community Planting Weekend
Today, volunteers and planting partners in four communities across Ontario participated in Forests Ontario’s annual Community Planting Weekend. In the… read more…
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One step closer to a broader protected area for Quebec’s last intact boreal forest in the Broadback River Valley
Following the release of the COMEX report regarding the proposed construction of two major access roads in sections H west… read more…
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OPINION: Acid rain + clear cuts = permanent loss
Ever-increasing pressures to clear-cut forests for fibre, biomass and chemical feedstocks tend to ignore their immense ecological and social values.… read more…
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Wildfires to challenge BC
As wildfires plague northeastern B.C. and ravage northern Alberta, B.C.’s forests minister is blunt about what the logging industry can… read more…
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B.C.’s fire investigators get on the case while the trail is still warm
Before firefighting crews are done extinguishing a burning forest, investigators from the B.C. Wildfire Service are already examining the smoking… read more…
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Health official warns Manitoba wildfire smoke could cause breathing problems
Forest fires popping up along the eastern part of the province are making for smokier air in the region, which… read more…
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Alberta battles The Beast, a fire that creates its own weather and causes green trees to explode
Firefighters started to realize the uniquely destructive nature of the Fort McMurray wildfire when they saw aspen poplar trees instantaneously… read more…
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How firefighters are trying to tame Fort McMurray’s unpredictable blaze
Like people, forest fires have distinct personalities. Some burn with a steady direction and pace. Others trace an angrier path,… read more…