Upper Clearwater residents might disagree about the Upper Clearwater Hall but they seem to be more in agreement about their unhappiness with Canfor’s plans to log in the area. More than 30 residents of the area met in the Black Horse Saloon at Wells Gray Ranch on Friday evening, May 27, to talk about the…
Hornepayne Mayor Morley Forster said he hopes his town’s idled lumber mill won’t go the way of the wrecking ball like some other recession-ravaged Northern Ontario forestry mills have done. “My concern at the moment is that some raider will come in and scrap it,” Forster said Tuesday. Haavaldsrud Timber, which was idled in December,…
Softwood lumber agreements between Canada and the United States have come and gone, but one thing should remain the same, says the MP for Cumberland-Colchester. “The softwood lumber industry in Atlantic Canada is different from the industry in the rest of Canada, and it’s essentially the same as the industry in New England, with which…
Today marked the final day of a weeklong competition that saw the top 18 Ontario Envirothon schools from across the province compete for the title of Ontario Envirothon Champion at Fleming College, Lindsay, Ontario. This year’s Ontario Envirothon Champion is University of Toronto Schools from Toronto, who triumphed over 18 other teams from across the…
Construction of roads for a controversial logging project near Nakusp has already begun, but critics are still hoping to see the harvesting plan scrapped. They are worried that the logging near Summit Lake will kill western toads. “We have a lot of video and picture documentation that actually shows that this entire habitat is being…
Logging on the riverbank just downstream from Englishman River Falls Provincial Park has some local residents calling for stronger regulation. Biologist and Errington resident Jessica Snider said that Timberwest clear-cut forest on the southeast side of the river near two popular swimming holes, which she said was inappropriate for a river that has been listed…
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the devastating fire in Fort McMurray underlines the need for a national discussion on disaster mitigation. Notley said Tuesday she has already asked that the subject be added to the agenda for July’s premiers meeting in Whitehorse, Yukon. “We’re not the first jurisdiction that’s been struggling with this problem. It’s…
Attempts to link the Fort McMurray fire to climate change, most prominently by Elizabeth May, have been swatted down hard by ordinary Canadians, and many politicians and pundits. When I posted an article on the fire and climate change to Facebook, I was taken aback by the intensity of the discussion. This visceral reaction forced…
After two punishing wildfire seasons, the 2016 Northwest Territories fire season has started in unusually calm fashion. Updating reporters on Monday, Richard Olsen — the territory’s fire operations manager — said 2016 had been “quite quiet” to date. Two wildfires have been recorded so far this year in the territory. The most recent was a small…
Moderate and heavy rainfall across much of Northwestern Ontario over the past few days has allowed provincial crews to get a better foot-hold against the region’s seven active forest fires, the province said Monday. “Rain by itself isn’t enough to put out a fire, but it does give our crews an advantage because they can…