The Chemainus-based Halalt First Nation and its business partners are suing Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT), alleging that a 59-year-old mill is trespassing and that the company has disclosed sensitive information, despite signing a confidentiality agreement. The paper and pulp company, based in Richmond, says it denies the allegations contained in two separate civil suits and plans…
CBC News has obtained a report from CBCL Limited — an environmental engineering firm hired by the province — that states Northern Pulp should be able to meet stricter environmental conditions. The CBCL report, obtained through freedom of information and protection of privacy legislation, says it’s doable for those pertaining to water and wastewater. Paper…
A former mayor of Iroquois Falls is raising questions about the new Abitibi Banks development project, much to the exasperation of the current mayor who said he is hunting for faults in an unambiguously good news story for the town. Last week, the Town of Iroquois Falls announced that a deal had been struck with…
The Cree First Nation of Waswanipi, Que. is fighting to protect one of Quebec’s last remaining virgin boreal forests from forestry development. Located about 730 kilometres north of Montreal, the community of Waswanipi describes itself as the “gateway to northern Quebec.” The Waswanipi Cree territory covers an area slightly smaller than Switzerland, and Chief Marcel Happyjack says…
Two workers killed at a lumber yard in New Westminster on Saturday were apparently crushed by lumber that fell on them, according to WorkSafeBC. The deaths of two employees of the Pacific Reload lumber yard is being investigated by police, the B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC., the province’s chief workplace safety agency. The names of…
Catalyst Paper announced today that it has been served with two Notices of Civil Claim by the Halalt First Nation and its business partners. Catalyst denies the allegations contained in both claims and intends to vigorously defend itself. The first claim was filed by the Halalt and its members alleging Catalyst has illegally trespassed on, and…
Robert Malczyk, a principal from Equilibrium Consulting Inc and Oliver Lang, an architect and partner at Lang Wilson Practice in Architecture Culture Inc. presented “Ready? Set. Reset!” at the 2016 International Wood Symposium in downtown Vancouver. Lang began by explaining that his firm looks at different ways of using building envelopes and said there’s the…
In 10 to 20 years, Daniel George expects to see six-wheel-drive porters dropping off spruce at the bottom of this Guysborough County woods road. He expects they will head to Port Hawkesbury Paper, where they will be sorted so that most will become glossy magazine paper, some will be turned into electricity at Nova Scotia…
The mayor of Hornepayne hopes today’s meeting between the owner of the local lumber mill and government officials will result in a reopening of the mill. “I am hoping this meeting will be a positive one that some workable arrangement will be arrived at so we can get our people back to work before they…