NEWS.
PRESS RELEASES.
In It For The Long Run: Struggling to Support Our Rural Communities
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’s Landmark Forestry Announcement Invigorates Timber Harvesting Contractors
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 Announces Job Training Tax Credits For Timber Harvesting Contractors
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.
Minister Thomson Elaborates on Forest Industry Contractor Sustainability Review
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.”
Gaps in Safety Net Threaten Forestry Workers and Rural Communities
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 transportation services found [...]
George Abbott to Facilitate Contractor Sustainability Review
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 with his partners [...]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
Letter to the Editor – Times Colonist, June 29, 2018
Misconception about plea for protected provincial rainforests requires correction The June 29 article, If an old-growth tree falls in a forest, does it make political hay?, reports on a letter from 223 scientists stating, [...]
Letter to the Editor – CBC, June 28, 2018
Misconception about plea for protected provincial rainforests requires correction In the June 28 article, 223 international scientists urge B.C. to protect provincial rainforests, the scientists warn that our rainforests are at risk of disappearing [...]
Letter to the Editor – Powell River Peak, March 22, 2017
Rhetoric on log exports has ramped up since they were last discussed in the Peak [“Conference pushes green economy,” December 7,] and now I must speak. Unfortunately, from the point of view of [...]
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