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LiDAR
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or vehicles (UAV) at an accessible price are ready to take off for the surveying and geospatial professions. Of particular interest to forest operators, UAVs are very useful for forest surveys. For example, digital surface models and orthophotos can be created from UAV images of regrowth areas within a cutblock. Height…
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Sawmill Investigaton Review Ordered
A WorkSafeBC investigation has found ample evidence that the Burns Lake sawmill accident in early 2012, which killed two workers and injuring 20 others, was “preventable.” But there will be no penalties for the operators of the mill in the village about 220 kilometres west of Prince George because the Crown says WorkSafeBC’s investigation was…
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Canada Invests in Lumber Exports to India
The federal government is investing an additional $600,000 to spur efforts to boost lumber exports to India, a potentially large market that’s home to about 1.2 billion people. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announced Wednesday the funding to Forest Innovation Investment India (FII India). Ottawa has already provided $1.6 million to FII India, which is…
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December US Housing Starts
New-home construction in the US retained a strong pace in December, a sign the housing market can absorb modestly higher interest rates. US housing starts decreased 9.8 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 999,000, the Commerce Department said Friday. But the figure was well above summer levels and exceeded economists’…
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Canfor to Invest
Canfor will be adding another power-generating turbine to its biomass-fired energy system as part of $8 million in capital upgrades to its Fort St. John, BC, sawmill, the company announced Tuesday. Canfor Corporation President and CEO Don Kayne said, “This capital project will improve cost efficiency at our Fort St. John mill and help move…
