The year 2017 will be the country’s 150th birthday. It will also be the 150th anniversary of Ontario being a province within confederation. Instead of planting 150 candles into a massive cake – although that might happen too – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP, Ted Arnott is suggesting the province celebrate with something a little longer lasting. On Oct….
The company that owns the pulp mill in Terrace Bay, Ont. has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty to seven offences under the Environmental Protection Act. AV Terrace Bay Inc. owns and operates the mill in Terrace Bay, where it converts wood to pulp. The offences involved failing to ensure runoff from the kraft pulping…
A forest union official is crying foul at burning of slash piles, like these seen in the past month in the region, that could be used for products or to create energy. Under the watch of government, B.C.’s forest industry continues to burn timber on the forest floor that could be used to create energy,…
The boreal forest that covers much of Northern Manitoba and the rest of Canada as well was the focus of two sessions at The Wildlife Society Conference in Winnipeg Oct. 17-21, a gathering of more than 1,500 wildlife and conservation professionals from around North America. Two sessions concerning the boreal forest were hold Oct. 20,…
A collaborative art project called ‘I Grieve that protests clearcutting in Surrey is taking off online. Dozens of people have written the words ‘I Grieve’ on logs and stumps found in clear cut areas throughout the city. The artist then anonymously sends a picture of their work and a message to the creator of the project, Dave…
Some environmentalist groups suggest that forestry activities in Quebec should be considerably reduced—a measure that would threaten thousands of jobs in this industry, according to a new short documentary produced by the MEI in the North Shore region. The Vice President of the MEI, Mr. Jasmin Guénette, met with forest engineers, mill workers, and others…
On average, one person dies every five hours on Canadian roads. It’s a statistic the B.C. Forest Safety Council, in co-ordination with Canfor, Drop It And Drive and Northern Health, is trying to change. On Nov. 6, a free distracted driving prevention education seminar and workshop will be held at the Northern Grand Hotel in…
Calling for the Ancient Forest to be designated as a protected area, there is a public letter that already has more than 550 online signatures in support, including one from environmental activist David Suzuki. Circulated by Northern Wetbelt Working Group, a Prince George community advocacy group, the letter refers to reports by scientists, a forester,…
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) in partnership with the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) today awarded the Skills Award for Aboriginal Youth to Taylor Wale and Patrice Bellefleur. Wale is a 22-year old woman from the Gitxsan First Nation studying Natural Resource Conservation in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of…
John Boys, president of Nicola Log Works, Merritt, B.C. and John Davidson, senior site supervisor for Bird Construction, Kelowna, B.C. presented Wood is Good: A Contractor’s Perspective at the Wood Solutions Fair in downtown Vancouver. They have worked on two projects together, the Earth Sciences Building at the University of British Columbia as well as…