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Real World Logging Profits in Canada: New Report
SOURCE: Canadian Forest Industries magazine CFI 2016 Contractor Survey on www.woodbusiness.ca Results of the Canadian Forest Industries magazine’s Canadian 2016 Contractor Survey were released June 21, with findings that 41 per cent of all contractors saw some form of rate increase over the past three years. For the rest, rates were either stagnant (28…
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Wildfires
A wildfire in Southern California more than tripled in size overnight and forced officials to close a major highway, while another blaze in New Mexico had communities on edge after destroying two dozen homes, according to Reuters Friday. It grew from 1,200 acres (486 hectares) on Thursday night to more than 4,000 acres (1,619 hectares)…
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Pacific North America Climate Leadership Agreement
The partnership with the governments of California, Oregon, and Washington State, along with ve other major cities along the West Coast — Los Angeles, Port– land, San Francisco, Seattle, and Oakland — could lead to some innovations in BC. Pacific North America Climate Leadership Agreement With a combined population of 54 million and a GDP…
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BC Logging Contractor Sustainability Funding
British Columbia Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson, announced May 6 more funding to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund—bringing government’s total contributions to $7 million. British Columbia Logging Contractor Sustainability Funding Minister Steve Thomson announced last week an additional $1 million contribution to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund—bringing government’s…
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Forestry Week 2016: Vancouver, BC
Demand for tissue and specialty paper globally offset that for printing and writing papers from 2004 to 2015, said the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC), which represents North American newsprint producers, at the group’s annual meeting, this week in Vancouver, BC. Mixed prices and demand for commodities, as well as currency volatility continues to…
