Press Release

January 17, 2017, Vancouver – Independent timber harvesting contractors—the economic backbone of BC’s rural communities—are struggling in a business climate that doesn’t support locally owned forestry businesses. The TLA’s 74th [...]

January 19, 2017, Vancouver – Premier Clark announced her government’s contractor sustainability review for BC’s timber harvesting contractors at the Truck Logger Association’s 74th Annual Convention and Trade Show, “In [...]

January 20, 2017, Vancouver – Premier Clark announced the development of job training tax credits for on-the-ground training specifically for BC’s timber harvesting contractors yesterday at the Truck Logger Association’s [...]

January 20, 2017, Vancouver –Today Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson elaborated on the contractor sustainability review announced by Premier Christy Clark yesterday at the TLA’s [...]

February 3, 2017 Vancouver – BC Forest Safety Ombudsman, Roger Harris, released a report, Will It Be There? A Report on Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in BC, about emergency medical [...]

March 29, 2017, Vancouver – Following through on Premier Christy Clark’s commitment at the TLA’s 74th Annual Convention & Trade Show, the provincial government announced today that George Abbott, along [...]

April 3, 2017, Vancouver – Nearly 60 per cent of people living in BC’s coastal communities believe our forests are being managed sustainably, according to a new TLA report published [...]

April 7, 2017, Campbell River – The Truck Loggers Association commends the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC) and the Coast Forest Products Association (CFPA) for signing a [...]

May 2, 2017, Vancouver – It’s election time and as if on cue that old populist punching bag issue, BC’s log exports, has been pulled out to rally the masses. [...]

May 3, 2017, Vernon – BC’s logging associations are meeting tomorrow, in advance of the Interior Logging Association’s 59th Annual Conference & Trade Show in Vernon, to discuss contractor sustainability. [...]