Press Release

MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release March 23, 2020 - Vancouver - The Truck Loggers Association’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of their new Executive Director, Bob [...]

MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release Vancouver – February 6, 2020 - David Elstone, executive director of the Truck Loggers Association (TLA) issued the following statement in response to the government’s [...]

Today, Premier Horgan announced at the TLA’s 77th Annual Convention + Trade Show, a $5 million commitment in funding to support timber harvesting contractors on the Coast who are affected by the United Steel Workers (USW)/Western Forest Products (WFP) strike.

January 14, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release Event: TLA 77th Annual Convention & Trade Show: “Vision 20/20” When: January 15 - 17, 2020 Where: Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC About [...]

Today, the Truck Loggers Association’s Board of Directors announced the resignation of their Executive Director, David Elstone, effective February 15, 2020.

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.

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 It For the Long Run,” in Vancouver today.

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 74th Annual Convention and Trade Show.

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 74th Annual Convention & Trade Show, “In It For The Long Run.”

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 [...]