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Lumber investors recalibrate expectations as supercycle stalls
Investors in lumber stocks are feeling dismayed at the sector’s recent price performance. Confounding bullish expectations, prices are well off… read more…
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Lakeland Mills explosion deaths ruled accidental
A coroner’s inquest has ruled the deaths of two men at the Lakeland Mills explosion in Prince George, B.C, as accidental.… read more…
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From hot bourbon brands to hot sauce, producers tap into American oak as flavour booster
Napa Valley vintner David Duncan has been known to stick his head in an American white oak barrel to get… read more…
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VIU Forestry Department To Go Paperless
While it may seem like contrary to its primary function, Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Forestry Department has announced it’s going… read more…
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Biorefineries: Helping Transform Canada’s Forest Industry
Canadian pulp and paper mills have been reinventing themselves in recent years in response to increased international competition and reduced… read more…
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Forest Capital of Canada Recognition in Hearst, Ontario
The Canadian Forestry Association (CFA) and the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF/IFC) presented the community of Constance Lake First Nation,… read more…
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Forestry funds offered
A hefty replenishment has been harvested for the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund. Minister Steve Thomson, Ministry of Forests, Lands… read more…
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Canfor mills install first online measurement of fibre wall thickness
A successful collaboration between FPInnovations, Canfor Pulp and PulpEye has resulted in the world’s first technology for measurement of fibre… read more…
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WorkSafeBC created unit to predict risks following mill blast
WorkSafeBC has established a “risk analysis unit” to better predict new trends in workplace hazards since the two fatal northern… read more…
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Truck Drag Racing in Canada Involves Rolling Coal and 71 Tons of Wood – Video
Have you ever noticed how the Canadians have all sorts of local sports that they use to vent steam? For… read more…
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B.C. caribou herds face extinction despite government protection
Woodland caribou in northeast British Columbia are headed for extinction and could become the first subpopulation of a species to… read more…
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UNBC student helps province spot damaged seedlings
An estimated eight million tree seedlings were damaged this season, affecting both industry and the province’s tree planting plans. That… read more…
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Why bourbon’s incredible popularity might actually be a problem
Ever since 2000, lumber has been something of a sore subject in the United States. Growth in Chinese furniture manufacturing… read more…
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B.C. farmland rush on for carbon offsets
A British company buying up thousands of hectares of cleared farmland in B.C.’s Interior for carbon offset projects will have… read more…
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Slow but steady growth forecast for forestry sector
Forget about a supercycle that’s going to boost lumber prices into the stratosphere. The recovery of British Columbia’s forest sector… read more…
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Group forms to block sale of Wildwood forest
With Wildwood Ecoforest’s fate up in the air, a grassroots group is concerned the non-profit society holding the site in… read more…
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Catalyst reports improved first quarter operating performance
Adjusted earnings before tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were $14.0 million compared to $6.8 million in Q4 2014. Excluding specific… read more…
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SK Government Unveils Forest Renewal Plans
Making a small effort today will make a huge difference in the future. This morning, Environment Minister Scott Moe unveiled… read more…
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Opinion: Return to prescribed fires would have benefits
British Columbia has experienced a significant increase in wildfire activity in the last decade, and if predictions from government fire… read more…
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Chetwynd mill restart caps company buying spree
For a company that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian pulp mills to become the second-largest pulp… read more…
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Wildfire southwest of Prince George continues to grow
A large forest fire in northern B.C. is growing as firefighters struggle to contain the out-of-control blaze that has forced… read more…
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Why Apple bought 1 million acres of Chinese forest
Apple is sending three messages: to customers, to investors, to China. Apple is not the greenest company in the world.… read more…
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The world record for tree-planting will be broken this week in mass reforestation effort
35,000 Ecuadoreans will volunteer to plant over 350,000 tree seeds on 16 May, breaking a Guinness World Record in the… read more…
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Turning the American Chestnut into a GMO Might be the Only Way to Save it
Blight has made the American chestnut, once “the dominant tree in the canopy,” a rare sight in the forests of the East.… read more…
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Meadow Creek Cedar Forest Licence to be cancelled
Effective immediately, the Meadow Creek Cedar Forest Licence in British Colombia has been placed under notice for pending cancellation by… read more…