Articles
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Wood Industry Will Help New Brunswick’s Economy Pick Up Speed
British Columbia will be the only province expected to post growth of better than 3 per cent over the next… read more…
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3 reasons why bamboo plywood is better than hardwood
Hardwood has been relied upon by designers and builders for centuries as a proven and flexible building material across architecture,… read more…
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Wood product sales up, logs down
B.C. forest products exports grew in the first 10 months of the year, compared to sales year-to-date up to October… read more…
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B.C. workplace safety agency doubles number of fines for infractions
WorkSafeBC has handed out nearly double the amount of fines for industry safety infractions this year and 2014 over the… read more…
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UBC residence will be one of world’s tallest wood buildings
A new student residence under construction on the University of British Columbia campus will be one of the tallest wood… read more…
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Kootenai Forest coalition adopts guidelines
A project more than seven years in the making took a major step forward Wednesday, as the board of the… read more…
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Group calls on B.C. to toughen protection for giant trees to aid climate change
Conservationists who want the government to take action on climate change by protecting British Columbia’s old-growth forests say they’ve measured… read more…
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Crees of Waswanipi fighting to protect last intact boreal forest on their ancestral land
In a last-minute decision, the Environmental and Social Impact Review Committee (COMEX) has agreed to postpone the public hearing on… read more…
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Kamloops pulp mill celebrates 50 years of manufacturing
Employees, elected representatives, community leaders joined company executives today at the Domtar pulp mill in Kamloops to mark the mill’s… read more…
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West Fraser Mills celebrates 60 years
What a great day to celebrate history! Sixty years ago, the Ketchum brothers started West Fraser Mills. On Nov. 28,… read more…
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Fort Mill-based Domtar CEO expects to stay close to paper, pulp with acquisitions
John Williams wants to diversify Domtar Corp. from the declining business of making paper, but not too far. Williams, who… read more…
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Editorial: Goals are met through leadership, not talk
Premier Christy Clark is impressive talking the talk on the international stage. At the Paris summit she’s been poised and… read more…
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UBC, Canadian aviation industry to collaborate on making biofuel from forest-industry waste
A consortium of Canadian aerospace companies and university researchers have announced a pilot project to turn leftover branches, sawdust and… read more…
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B.C. Wood showroom and office officially launched in Tokyo
Efforts have expanded to sell the province’s timber products internationally. The B.C. Wood Specialties Group, which promotes the use of… read more…
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Logging on private lands needs work
To the Editor, Water, water everywhere and not a clean drop to drink…that used to be a regular refrain, especially… read more…
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Trade mission a success
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson characterizes his trade mission to Japan and China as a success.… read more…
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Ontario’s electricity management won’t accept more power from Hornepayne mill
The Crown corporation responsible for regulating the electricity market in Ontario says there’s nothing keeping the threatened sawmill and co-generation… read more…
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Athol Forestry receives Lt. Gov. partnership award
A local cooperative is being recognized for its role making employment accessible. Athol Forestry General Manager Ian Ripley reviews a… read more…
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Climate Change Plan Needs to Include Wildlife Conservation
The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is releasing a comprehensive new land use study that simulates the benefits and liabilities of… read more…
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Forests Can Only Fight Climate Change if We Become Better Stewards
After a 10-year “climate action pause,” Canada is back at the international table. Though expectations are high that the new… read more…
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Generating station costs 25 times more to produce than other biomass facilities in Ontario
Citing power that is 25 times more expensive to produce than other biomass facilities in Ontario, the conversion of Thunder… read more…
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Ontario Liberals politically motivated in converting plant to biomass fuel, says PC leader
The Liberal government was protecting the seats of two Thunder Bay cabinet ministers when it ignored warnings about converting a… read more…
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Saving the GTA’s beetle-ravaged ash wood (creatively!)
How the TRCA is teaming up with local partners to make the most of an environmental invasion. Emerald ash borers… read more…
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What’s Canfor Corporation Upside After Today’s Huge Increase?
The stock of Canfor Corporation (TSE:CFP) is a huge mover today! The stock is up 0.48% or $0.1 after the… read more…
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Thomson’s on a mission
A new wood home designed to promote the use of B.C. wood products has opened in the heart of Tokyo.… read more…