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Wildfires broke record in 2015 — scorching an area seven times the size of Toronto
Wildfires scorched a record amount of Canada’s national parks last year — the latest in a number of long, hot… read more…
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China free-trade deal could bring ‘billions and billions’ to Canada annually: expert
A Canada-China free-trade deal could bring “billions and billions of dollars” to the sagging Canadian economy each year, according to… read more…
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Ways to combat local forestry job loss by 2020 discussed
Most people may not realize that a significant reduction on the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) in the Williams Lake TSA… read more…
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Regional sawmills ramping up
Sawmills in Ear Falls and Kenora are taking advantage of the ongoing recovery in the lumber sector and are ramping… read more…
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Tolko contributes lumber for new daycare centre
Tolko Industries Ltd. is donating lumber for the new Women’s Contact Society Kidcare Daycare. The donation will provide material to… read more…
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Pioneer marmot in captive breeding program dies at 14
A Canadian pioneer — born on Vancouver Island with stops in Langley, Toronto and Calgary —has died. Harriet, a 14-year-old… read more…
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City taking ‘wise’ approach to tree killer
The City of Orillia has put its ash trees under surveillance to keep an eye out for the emerald ash… read more…
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Weak loonie and U.S. ‘revival’ bump up Canadian exports, trim trade deficit
Canada’s exports grew for the first time in four months in November, cutting the trade deficit in a sign the… read more…
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One UK power station is planning to burn so much, it could skew the world’s wood market
Europe is in a bind. It has ambitious goals for changing its polluting energy system, and plans to source 20%… read more…
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House in Poland is clad in ThermoWood
When Designboom described this house in Poland, designed by też architekci, as “a stealthy and brooding presence” I thought that was for sure,… read more…
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COMMENT-Worth the paper it’s printed on?
They waited almost until New Year’s Eve to do it, but Resolute Forest Products has decided to make things interesting… read more…
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Land access agreement reached Cumberland-area for forest lands
The United Riders of Cumberland (UROC), Village of Cumberland, TimberWest Forest Corp., and Hancock Forest Management announced Tuesday that a… read more…
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Assessed home values drop in B.C. resource communities
The value of homes in communities dependent on resource extraction has taken a beating in 2015, the sour note in… read more…
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Forestry Outlook 2016: Forecast is for stability
Some time in the new year, the new federal Liberal government will begin consulting Canadians on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)… read more…
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Peter Foster: Resolute Forest’s day in court promises to expose global anti-development agenda
Now the Quebec government is calling for the Forest Council to back down Slowly but surely, multinational environmental enforcer Greenpeace is… read more…
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MacLean: Trans-Pacific Partnership deal key to diversifying Alberta’s economy
Nearly lost in the noise of last year’s federal election was the finalization of the historic Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The… read more…
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Walbran logging buffer-zone injunction extended
Logging company Teal Cedar Products has been granted an extension of an injunction that will keep environmental activists at bay… read more…
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Regina researchers use tree rings to explain past, predict future
It’s hard to predict the weather, but University of Regina researchers are using trees to trace weather patterns from the past… read more…
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Fire at Canfor sawmill
The Grande Prairie Fire Department was called to a fire at the Canfor mill on Wapiti Road (108 Street) at… read more…
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Mario Canseco: In B.C., politicians ignore environment at their peril
For many Canadians, 2015 will be remembered as a banner year for the environmental movement. In the past three months,… read more…
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Why Resolute can’t win in an ever-changing bush war
Long before global environmentalists had even heard of the oil sands, their Canadian target of predilection was the forest industry.… read more…
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Softwood industry needs louder B.C. voice
To the Editor: When Christy Clark said she would make a new softwood lumber agreement with the United States her… read more…
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Value-added lumber seen as key to Asia trade
It sounds a bit contradictory to call the province’s recent forestry trade mission to Japan and China a success when… read more…
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Northern Pulp sues over alleged broken contract
Mill claims it had deal with firm to design, install pollution control systemNorthern Pulp is suing a company it alleges… read more…
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Decline of Maine paper mills behind Vermont’s forestry woes
Vermont officials say the state’s increasing forestry are due to the decline of the paper mill industry in Maine. Michael… read more…