Greenpeace is fighting back after members of North Eastern Ontario Municipal Association (NEOMA) likened the environmentalist group to “eco-terrorism.” During a press conference this week, the mayors of NEOMA member communities, including Timmins’ Steve Black, announced that they were banding together to fight environmental groups such as Greenpeace, which they believe are making it impossible…
When the “war in the woods” was in full swing in British Columbia, one of the front lines ran through the Walbran Valley on southern Vancouver Island. And now, after 24 years of relative peace, it may do so again as a dispute is set to spill out of the back rooms and into the…
The Possibilities Are Wide Open NICOLE LEIBEL “The better I do my job, the better everything else runs for everybody else.” Nicole Leibel moved from British Columbia to the Manitoba Winnipeg town of Swan River in 1987. Starting as a laborer at the Louisiana Pacific Canada mill, she worked her way up to a quality…
More than 12 million trees have died in California. A combination of drought, heat, and insects may be to blame. A new study is the first to examine the wide spectrum of interactions between drought and insects. Researchers first devised a framework to look at the effects that each stressor can have on tree mortality…
CSRD director Loni Parker spoke to the Revelstoke Mountaineer on why the CSRD will continue to campaign for enhanced community consultation regarding the proposed logging in Mount Macpherson’s recreational areas. Columbia Shuswap Regional District director Loni Parker says the province’s response to the CSRD board’s appeal for more consultation on logging issues like planned logging…
Gerald Parsons is not happy with the process Kruger Inc. is again taking in its quest to modify pension payments into the Corner Brook mill. The chair of the Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Union Pensioners Committee said they were approached about a month ago to defer funding to the plan, which a 10-year re-payment…
Perfect job, perfect location Greg Oshust “It’s a great town and a great lifestyle. It’s the best place I’ve ever worked.” It was love at first sight. When Greg Oshust first visited Golden, British Columbia, he immediately wanted to find a job there. Canada’s forestry sector gave him that opportunity — and 17 years later,…
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) today opened nominations for the 2015 Aboriginal Business Leadership Award. This annual $5,000 award recognizes and celebrates First Nations entrepreneurs for their success in a forest products business that demonstrates business leadership, exceptional environmental and safety performance and the delivery…
A combination of drought, heat and insects is responsible for the death of more than 12 million trees in California, according to a new study from UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS). Members of the NCEAS working group studying environmental factors contributing to tree mortality expect this number to increase…
It’s the end of May and already the ponderosa pine forest around Peter Dooling’s Naramata residence, which he has named Castle Rock, is tinder dry. Dooling, a retired professor of natural resource conservation at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of forestry, is one of thousands of people living in what is called the wildland-urban…