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B.C. Announces New Forest Society and $85 Million in Funding
The province has announced a new forest society which will be supported by $85 million in government funding. The new… read more…
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New plantings to rebuild Surrey tree canopy
Surrey City Hall is working to get its tree canopy numbers to stop dropping in a new shade tree management… read more…
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Gov’t tries jets over prop planes for aerial firefighting
The Coulson Group’s C-130s will not be a part of the B.C government’s forest firefighting force this summer—not even on… read more…
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Huu-ay-aht gets $1.5 million — the first award by tribunal
The Huu-ay-aht First Nation near Bamfield has received a $1.5-million legal award, the first ever issued by the Specific Claims… read more…
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EACOM Welcomes Ontario Budget, Including Measures that Support Forestry
EACOM Timber Corporation is pleased to welcome the 2016 Ontario provincial budget, delivered today by Finance Minister Charles Sousa. EACOM… read more…
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BILD: Six-storey wood buildings come to the GTA
The first six-storey wood buildings in the GTA are about to begin construction and these projects provide new homebuyers with… read more…
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Glade residents outraged by plans to log in watershed
An emotionally charged meeting was held Feb. 17 in Glade regarding plans for Kalesnikoff Lumber and Atco Wood Products to… read more…
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Conifex Timber’s 4Q revenues increased to $100.5 million
Conifex Timber Inc. reported that 4Q 2015, revenues increased to $100.5 million from $95.2 million in the 4Q 2014. Operating income… read more…
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Building Big in British Columbia
Nestled where the Nicola and Coldwater rivers join, Merritt, British Columbia, is the first major community along phase one of… read more…
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N.B. hosting forest products conference
Innovation in wood products design and manufacturing is reaching a rapid pace and it is critical that Atlantic Canada’s forest… read more…
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Great Bear Rainforest deal expands carbon credits supply
For Harbour Air CEO Greg McDougall, there is a bit of symmetry in his company’s efforts to stay carbon-neutral. His… read more…
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Researchers grow cyberforests to predict climate change
It can take Mother Nature 1,000 years to grow a forest. But Nikolay Strigul, assistant professor of mathematics and statistics… read more…
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8,800 ash-borer ravaged trees removed in Hamilton, ON
Officials with the city’s forestry section say the massive plan to remove 23,000 dead and dying ash trees on city… read more…
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Sask. government scrapping 20-kilometre criterion for fighting forest fires
The government of Saskatchewan is scrapping a controversial policy that has been used to prioritize forest fires. Under the policy, the province could… read more…
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Coastal Timber Supply Chain Threatened, Communities at Risk
A mill shutdown in Port Alberni that resulted in close to 100 workers being laid off is symptomatic of a… read more…
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Sask. readies for early wildfire season after historic blazes last year
Saskatchewan is recalling firefighting crews two weeks earlier and hiring eight new crews as it prepares for what could be… read more…
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Forests, Farms, and Fields Absorb 15 Percent of U.S. Carbon Emissions, and No One Knows What’s Going to Happen to Them
We always hear that everything’s bigger in Texas, but what about Alaska? It’s bigger than Texas, California and Montana combined, and… read more…
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Quebec to spend $36 million on development of northern wilderness park
Parc national d’Opemican, a 252-square-kilometre tract of lakes, rivers and old pine forests in the Abitibi-Temiscamingue region along the Ontario… read more…
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Logging contractor dispute results in Port Alberni sawmill layoffs
Western Forest Products (TSX:WEF) has resorted to layoffs at its Port Alberni sawmill, says the Truck Loggers Association (TLA), but… read more…
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Tiny western toads put economic, environmental squeeze on village of Nakusp
A migration of toads described as a croaking, moving carpet and one of the world’s environmental wonders is dividing a… read more…
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Domtar cites 68% reduction in emissions at Kamloops pulp mill
Domtar said it has reduced particulate emissions at its Mission Flats pulp mill by 68 per cent over the past… read more…
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Cree nation urges government to fight logging project
The Cree nation is urging the Quebec government to take a stand against the logging industry. A project that involves… read more…
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B.C. company helping fight wildfires in Indonesia
One of the largest pulp-and-paper producers in the world has launched a major wildfire prevention initiative in the wake of… read more…
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Two sides to B.C.’s construction sector as it approaches year’s biggest trade show
A key B.C. construction-industry trade association is calling for speedy regulatory approval of major infrastructure projects as the industry prepares… read more…
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Yukon government adopts biomass energy strategy
The Yukon Government has officially adopted a strategy to get Yukoners to heat their homes in a way that it says is cost-effective… read more…