Articles
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Paper Makers’ Promotional Campaign Takes Page From Farmers
Manufacturers of building products, paper and cardboard are trying to recast consumers’ negative perceptions about their industries by tapping into… read more…
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The battle for La Ronge: Soldiers join desperate fight to save endangered community from fire
The fire has jumped highways, streams and even a bulldozed no-man’s-land slashed through the woods by firefighters. By Tuesday night,… read more…
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Les Leyne: Little progress in fire-danger reduction
With nine evacuation orders or alerts issued recently due to wildfire threats, it’s worth recalling the independent Forest Practices Board’s… read more…
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Is There a Case to be Made for Letting Canada’s Wildfires Burn?
As climate change is fingered as a culprit behind the early rash of forest fires across Northern and Western Canada, experts say… read more…
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New Courses Added to Wood WORKS! E-Learning Centre
In recent months, the Wood WORKS! E-learning Centre added 15 new courses that were recorded at the Wood Solutions Fairs in Toronto, Vancouver and… read more…
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Six Storeys in Wood: The Alberta Mid-rise Opportunity Information Workshop
Don’t miss this comprehensive, one-day educational event that will discuss the 2015 National Code change permitting wood-frame mid-rise construction. We will… read more…
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Major global forest market challenges, opportunities await new COFI boss
When Susan Yurkovich steps in as chief executive officer of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) in September, she… read more…
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Recovery of B.C.’s forestry sector hits a rough patch
The bullish hopes for a stronger recovery in B.C.’s lumber sector in 2015 ran smack into a more bearish first-quarter… read more…
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Pinnacle plugs into the new power of wood
As the name suggests, Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. is in the energy business. But it can also be considered a… read more…
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Aurora Wood Pellets making headway on proposed plant in Canada
Four years ago, Aurora Wood Pellets Ltd. began the development of a 200,000-metric-ton pellet plant in the Northwest Territories of… read more…
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Forestry summit set to begin
Forestry ministers and industry leaders from across Canada will be discussing innovation and sustainability during meetings this week in Kenora… read more…
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There’s a ‘Warm Blob’ in the Pacific and It’s Partly to Blame for BC Forest Fires, California Drought, Hurricanes
A mass of unusually warm water in the northeast Pacific, christened the “warm blob” by researchers, is being partially blamed… read more…
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The air up there: Whistler choking on smoke as wildfires rage across province
Holly Chandler booked a holiday in Whistler and she got Beijing instead. That’s how the Toronto realtor compared the air… read more…
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Saskatoon firefighter says forest fires intense
Saskatoon firefighter Lieutenant Bruce Siemens is seeing and feeling the forest fires at close range in La Ronge. “It’s amazing how you… read more…
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False claims on federal Conservative Party website about $1 billion pine beetle funding for BC Interior
As noted in previous articles on 250 News, the Harper Conservative government promised $1 billion in funding for the BC… read more…
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Trans-Pacific Partnership talks: Canada, Japan at odds over B.C. timber
One of Canada’s most protected industries — British Columbia timber — has been targeted by Japan in the massive Trans-Pacific… read more…
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Beyond Question Period —a key Parliamentary committee issues smart report on the forest sector.
Preparing for Question Period by crafting questions and practicing the barbs and retorts is part of the process. The theatre… read more…
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A Glowing Way to Monitor Forest Health
A faint glow emitted from plants during photosynthesis could be key to measuring the health of large areas of forests… read more…
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Woodland organizations making change happen: deMarsh
Woodlot owner organizations are “about making change happen,” according to Canadian Federation of Woodland Owners (CFWO) President Peter deMarsh. He… read more…
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B.C. roasts thanks to bad forest policy and climate change
Provincial fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek wasn’t encouraging when he said, a couple of days ago: “There’s no relief in sight in the… read more…
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Fire evacuation largest in Saskatchewan’s history
It’s being called the largest evacuation in Saskatchewan’s history. As forest fires rage on in the northern part of the… read more…
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Province will pursue those who start wildfires in BC
As the majority of fires burning in BC, including two on Vancouver Island, are deemed to be human-caused, the Province… read more…
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B.C. asks for help as wildfires rage across province
The provincial government has put in a request for help from other provinces as firefighters struggle to get B.C.’s wildfires… read more…
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Domtar Dryden developing stronger pulp
Domtar’s Dryden Mill is launching new technology to expand markets for its pulp production. The company’s $4-million investment will launch… read more…
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Fires raging across B.C. as concern for the summer deepens
There were at least 21 fires that started in British Columbia on Sunday. There were 36 Saturday. There were 32… read more…