The union is decrying the closing of the Canal Flats sawmill, which will officially close up after nearly 100 years of operation in the Columbia Valley in various forms. According to Doug Singer, the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-405, the union members actually ran the last log and boards through in late September…
Weyerhaeuser Co. is buying Plum Creek Timber Co. for $8.44 billion to form what is expected to be one of the world’s biggest timberland and forest products companies. The company will keep the Weyerhaeuser name and have more than 13 million acres of timberland, the companies said Sunday. It will be worth $23 billion based…
Seven more biomass installations are in line for government facilities early next year, says Energy Minister Paula Biggar. Already in place at 13 government properties, Biggar says the heating method reduces greenhouse gas and supports local industry. “Biomass heat is a local, renewable, carbon neutral resource, and government is leading the way for biomass heat,”…
Sometimes you just wonder why business people even bother. Making money can be so damn hard. Back in 1890, David Gilmour was an entrepreneur and a go-getter. A git’er done kinda guy. His lumber mill was one of the biggest in the world, supplying both American and Canadian builders. But he had a problem. His…
B.C.’s exports are forecast to grow by six per cent next year, according to a new study by Export Development Canada — Canada’s export credit agency. “It’s really a broad-based increase. We actually get some commodity price increases,” said Peter Hall, chief economist at Export Development Canada. He says there are large volumes of metals and ores available and in 2016…
The 2015 wildfire season was one of the busiest on record, Alberta Forestry Minister Oneil Carlier says. “There was not a lot of snowpack through the winter, so we had a particularly dry spring. and especially in the spring and summer, there was not a lot of rain, either, and there were a lot of…
Forestry had a good showing at the 7th Annual BC Aboriginal Business Awards last month which is good news for the whole sector. Lincoln Douglas accepted the Business of the Year – 10 or more person enterprise award for his company, K & L Contracting/Links Contracting. Quatern Limited Partnership, a logging company co-owned by Quatsino First Nation and Western…
The Canfor Mill as Canal Flats officially closes its doors Monday said the United Steelworkers Local 1-405 in a media release. As of Monday (November 9), after over a 100 years of sawmill operation in or around Canal Flats that history has come to an end. “This has been devastating for our members, their families,…
Quesnel City Council is lobbying B.C. Premier Christy Clark on behalf of the community’s forest sector. Council approved Mayor Bob Simpson’s letter to the premier this week in support of an 18 month old request by West Fraser for PST relief for Quesnel River Pulp and for the premier to take immediate steps to reduce…
Tree harvesting will begin next week as part of the forest management plan at Crescent Lake. Town Councilor Dawn Miceli said planning took several years but the first phase is ready to begin. The UCONN College of Agriculture and Natural Resources developed the plan. Recommendations include tree thinning in certain areas and removing invasive species….