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Mass timber hangar planned for Kelowna airport
DCN-JOC News Services KELOWNA, B.C. — The first-ever mass timber aircraft hanger has been announced for the Kelowna International Airport. Federal officials announced they would […]
Year: 2021
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Critical fire weather hits Arizona
by Peter Aleshire, consulting publications editor The National Weather Service issued a “critical fire weather” warning for the end of this week across much of […]
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Hurricanes Laura and Delta impact the Forestry Industry in SWLA
By Marcello Cuadra LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – Here in Louisiana, the forestry industry is a billion-dollar operation. In fact, forestry is the number one agricultural […]
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Protestors, forestry consortium both claim victory after judge’s ruling
Paul Palmeter · CBC News Forestry protestors who were arrested in December are claiming victory this week after a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge’s decision, but the […]
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More students kidnapped in Nigeria as gunmen attack forestry college
Thomson Reuters Gunmen in northwest Nigeria kidnapped around 30 students overnight from a forestry college near a military academy, three students said on Friday, in the fourth […]
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Lumber prices to extend surge as North America shortfall deepens
Marcy Nicholson, Bloomberg News North American lumber prices will extend gains this year as homebuilding and renovations cause demand for wood to outstrip production, according to […]
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B.C. urged to protect at-risk old growth while it works to transform forestry policy
The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — The most at-risk ecosystems should be set aside from logging while British Columbia shifts its forestry policies toward a more […]
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China extends tariff exclusions on imported hardwood lumber, logs
By Robert Dalheim China will extend tariff exemptions on 65 imported products from the United States. Hardwood lumber and logs made the list. China’s Ministry of […]
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FINLAYSON: Government should focus on strengthening B.C.’s leading export industries
OPINION As Premier John Horgan and his cabinet colleagues explore options to kick-start the economy while the province slowly emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, they […]
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One dead in accident at Western Forest Product’s TFL 19 logging site in Gold River
By / BINNY PAUL, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Nootka Sound RCMP and Work Safe BC are investigating the fatal accident of a Western Forest Products […]