forestry
Without deferrals, these five timber companies could decide the fate of B.C.’s old-growth forests
Five big timber companies hold the future of nearly half of British Columbia’s at-risk old-growth…
Fairy Creek camps undergo winter wind down, but hunt still on for missing old-growth activists
The Fairy Creek old-growth blockade is heading into winter hibernation mode but the search remains…
Elders for old growth arrested as Fairy Creek blockade readies for winter
A caravan of seniors wound its way along pitch-black logging roads early Thursday to be…
B.C.’s old growth still falling with delay of provincial logging deferrals
Old-growth forests the B.C. government has identified for logging deferrals are still at risk of…
Do clearcuts contribute to B.C.’s flooding?
Thousands of British Columbians remain displaced following a series of devastating floods and landslides that…
Interfor transfers forest tenure to Simpcw First Nation
Interfor and the Simpcw First Nation have completed the first direct transfer of a forest…
Kamloops Domtar mill to be sold in merger
A merger between Domtar and Paper Excellence has been approved by the Canadian Competition Bureau.…
Tolko’s expanding into the U.S. but say the new venture won’t replace local mill
A recent announcement that Tolko is helping to build a new sawmill in Louisiana is…
iN PHOTOS: Logging ‘magical’ Joe Rich forest may be best chance to protect it
The war in the woods has raged for decades in B.C. but is taking a…
Old-growth activists say they are allied with First Nations. Is that really true?
Huu-ay-aht Chief Coun. Robert J. Dennis Sr. is blunt in his assessment of old-growth activists…
Can luxury brands drive B.C. old-growth logging out of business?
While a pitched battle is underway to save old-growth trees on the West Coast, a…
Fairy Creek crackdown on Vancouver Island leads to more arrests, protests
RCMP unexpectedly arrested a number of old-growth activists with the Fairy Creek blockades inside the…
Seeing the forest for the trees: searching for solutions in B.C.’s Kispiox Valley
Clear plastic bags hang from small spigots plugged into birch trunks in a mixed stand…
Tolko agrees to not log area near Vernon water source
Tolko has agreed to halt its logging and road construction plans for an area above…
Tolko moves ahead with demolition at Kelowna mill without environmental assessment
Tolko has obtained a new demolition permit from the City of Kelowna to tear down…