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Wildfires cost Saskatchewan $100M
Premier Brad Wall has put a price tag on fighting this season’s wildfires: $100 million — so far. Speaking after… read more…
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Vancouver Island researchers developing way to predict forest fires
In what could be one of the worst wildfire seasons in history, scientists at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria are… read more…
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Five new forest fires reported in Northeast region
Two are in Sudbury, two in Chapleau, and one is in Timmins As of the early afternoon Saturday, five new… read more…
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Howe Sound Pulp and Paper cuts 180 jobs
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper is cutting about 180 employees – more than a third of its workforce – and… read more…
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Vancouver Island University invests $1-million federal grant in mobile forestry training
Vancouver Island University is expected to use $1 million from the federal government to enhance hands-on training for trades students.… read more…
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Canfor Pulp Products PT Lowered to C$16.50
Equities researchers at Scotiabank reduced their priceobjective on shares of Canfor Pulp Products from C$17.50 to C$16.50 in a research report issued on Thursday,Market… read more…
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Tree rings and plant surveys: scientists map intensity of N.W.T.’s forest fires.
Dan Thompson has been tramping through burned out forest throughout the Northwest Territories this summer, looking for clues into the ecological… read more…
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Report chides TimberWest over old trees in the Great Bear Rainforest
When the government of B.C. agreed in 2006 to protect the Great Bear Rainforest, it won widespread praise and the… read more…
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Forestry enforcement fines too low: report
The Ministry of Forests Land and Natural Resource Operations’ enforcement staff should consider attaching stiffer penalties to administrative actions against… read more…
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Investigation highlights importance of EBM spirit and intent
A complaint about logging of old forest on Sonora Island on B.C.’s South Coast has highlighted the importance of following… read more…
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Prehistoric trees may help a B.C. forest fight climate change
As California enters its fourth year of drought, the American state has lost over 12 million trees to the ongoing… read more…
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Public input invited on Merritt timber supply review
Comments are being accepted until Sept. 23, 2015, on a discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive timber… read more…
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Paper Excellence mill closure will hurt Sunshine Coast communities
The unexpected closure of the paper production operations at the Howe Sound Mill owned by Paper Excellence could cost more… read more…
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Full steam ahead for B.C. forestry fleet
Third-generation trucker Greg Munden of Kamloops, B.C.-based Munden Ventures, thinks his business and the log market at large are poised… read more…
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Thunder Bay’s Resolute Forest Products gets tax break approval
A 50 per cent reduction in the value of the Resolute Forest Products mill in Thunder Bay will cost the… read more…
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Saskatchewan’s hot economy extends to forestry
As Alberta moves into an era of uncertainly thanks to low oil prices and a new government intent on ensuring… read more…
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J.D. Irving Ltd. seeks to stop closure of Saint-Léonard airport
J.D. Irving Ltd., and a number of community groups have issued a legal warning in a bid to stop the closure… read more…
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Three new forest fires in Northeast Ontario region
There were three new fires the evening of July 21 in the Northeast Region including two in the Sudbury District… read more…
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B.C.’s wildfire costs could reach $400 million by season’s end: Christy Clark
With the cost of fighting B.C.’s forest fires soaring to more than $140 million already this year, Premier Christy Clark… read more…
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B.C. fires: More than 100 new wildfires in 24 hours
In just 24 hours, 115 new wildfires have flared up across B.C. — most of them in the Kamloops area and the southeast part… read more…
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Peter Foster: At last, a Canadian corporate hero
Two weeks ago, Todd Paglia, executive director of U.S.-based radical environmental organization ForestEthics, sent a letter of warning to Richard… read more…
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Why investors shouldn’t abandon the Canadian housing market
There were a few months early in 2015 when the U.S. housing market didn’t look so great. That dragged down… read more…
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Spruce budworm infestation may not materialize, scientist says
A staff scientist at Science North isn’t sure if there will be a spruce budworm infestation next year, but says… read more…
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Forester fears for Edmonton’s boulevard trees
Forester Milton Davies spent an exasperating summer watching road contractors slice the roots of American elms on the boulevards throughout… read more…
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Scientists try to fight off emerald ash borer using fungus traps
The City of Montreal, with help from Natural Resources Canada, is continuing its uphill battle against the emerald ash borer… read more…