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The tough men of timber: Black and white photos capture the arduous lives of 1800s lumberjacks who felled enormous trees using only hand tools and brute strength
Lumberjack style has recently come back in vogue, with city slickers and suburbanites donning the flannel shirts of the profession… read more…
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Urban jungle: wooden high-rises change city skylines as builders ditch concrete
The concrete jungle has a rival: forests. Two urban building projects, in New York City and Portland, Oregon, will be… read more…
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Pine Beetle wreaks havoc in Hinton, AB
Ryan Zapisocki swings a leg over his skidoo, fires up the engine and rides into the forest. The snow is… read more…
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B.C. resources make a lot of our Christmas gifts possible
When the holiday season rolls around, it’s easy to forget that without B.C. resources such as wood products and minerals,… read more…
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Lifting carbon tax freeze could burn B.C. industries, critics warn
During the recent climate talks in Paris, Premier Christy Clark struck a pose as one of the belles of the… read more…
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Saskatchewan, Manitoba at top of mediocre class in caribou report
Manitoba and Saskatchewan come out on top of a mediocre class in a new review of how Canada’s provinces and… read more…
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McKENNA: Angry U.S. lumber lobby will cast pall over Trudeau’s ‘sunny ways’
A key line in the recent throne speech declared: “The Government will strengthen its relationship with allies, especially with our… read more…
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Northern Pulp Boat Harbour cleanup ‘realistic’ but price tag not clear
The manager of the Boat Harbour cleanup project in Pictou County says it will take a couple of years before it’s known… read more…
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Woodfibre LNG seeks to cut construction costs to offset gas-price drop in China
Woodfibre LNG hopes to cut the cost of its proposed $1.8-billion liquefied natural gas project near Squamish to offset a… read more…
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Forest sector making gains
After a year of contracting employment, Northeastern Ontario will slowly begin to find its economic footing in 2016, though progress… read more…
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Ben Parfitt: Here’s how cutting log exports could create B.C. jobs
Seven years ago, workers at the Harmac pulp mill near Nanaimo defied the odds and hung onto their jobs at… read more…
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NZ forestry tech in demand in US, Canada
Designed to reduce the high number of serious accidents in the forestry industry, the technology will be demonstrated to North… read more…
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Cellufuel turns lumber into renewable biofuel
A Nova Scotia company says it’s the first in the world to create biofuel completely out of a forestry product.… read more…
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Opposition to Ancient Forest as park
At a meeting last week, some McBride residents spoke with concerns against the idea of creating a provincial park around… read more…
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Safer tree-falling technology coming to BC
Leading logging experts heading to Vancouver Logging Conference The tables are about to be turned on logging contractors in British… read more…
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ExxonMobil donates to Salmonier River conservation project
NCC says $40,000 left to reach fundraising goal The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is getting a boost in its… read more…
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City of Vancouver advances toward goal of spurring development of zero-emission green buildings
There’s a super-energy-efficient 85-unit apartment building being built the corner of Skeena and East Hastings streets. On its website, 8th… read more…
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Minister says he’ll act on habitat report
The provincial government says it is committed to most recommendations on improving wildlife habitat affected by heightened logging activity associated… read more…
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Input sought on forestry plan
Forestry and Agrifoods submits five-year plan for review Locals are invited to offer their input on the province’s proposed five-year… read more…
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Vaughn Palmer: Christy Clark finds prime minister’s optimism contagious
For Premier Christy Clark, the big take-away from the recent federal campaign was not the promise-heavy Liberal Party of Canada… read more…
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Opinion: Alberta should lead the way on developing bioindustry
Alberta’s government has set forth a bold vision to combat climate change. It has also taken concrete steps to diversify… read more…
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Doherty looks for softwood shout-out
Prince George’s newest MP used his first speech in the House of Commons to press for action on the softwood… read more…
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Woodlot pillaging a result of undervaluing the resource
The recent story about the illegal harvest of a significant area in Long Lake Provincial Park was shocking for many. How could… read more…
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Harvesting a Christmas tree on Crown land
Free use permits to cut a Christmas tree on Crown land are available from forest district and FrontCounterBC offices in… read more…
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Teal Cedar claims Western Canada Wilderness Committee organized unlawful blockade
Teal Cedar Products Ltd. is suing the Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) over a blockade of logging road construction in the Walbran Valley… read more…