Forest

• Save Fairview Forest movement gains support with online petition

  The citizen-run group Save the Fairview Forest hopes collecting 25,000 signatures in an online petition will help stave off development plans for the greenspace next to the mall.

  Environment

  Mar 24
• Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP joins fight to save Port Hope woodlot from development

  Citizens' group PHorests 4 R PHuture is trying to save Penryn Woodlot in Port Hope, Ont., from being turned into the fifth phase of a residential subdivision.

  Environment

  Mar 23
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• Volunteers waiting for green light to remove tires littering Okanagan creek

  “The easiest route for us is probably going to be airlifting them out using a helicopter,” said Kane Blake of the Okanagan Forest Task Force.

  Environment

  Feb 12
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough rejects controversial seniors’ home proposal

  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is outraged that officials in the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough are considering razing part of a forest to built a senior's home.

  Canada

  Feb 8
• Northumberland County Forest snowmobile trails closed while county, snowmobile association negotiate

  Snowmobiling is currently not permitted on trails in the Northumberland County Forest.

  Sports

  Feb 4
• Okanagan Forest Task Force now using trail cameras to help battle illegal dumping in backcountry

  "Cameras typically get checked once a week, and that’s when investigations are triggered," said Kane Blake, founder of the Okanagan Forest Task Force.

  Environment

  Jan 19
• Real or fake Christmas tree? Why environmentalists say the real thing is the way to go

  'If you go into the woods and you cut down one tree and you do that in a respectful way once a year, the forest can handle that.'

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2020
• Human remains discovered at Assiniboine Forest: Winnipeg police

  The Winnipeg Police Service is investigating the discovery remains, believed to be human, in a wooded area in Charleswood.

  Crime

  Apr 19, 2020
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• B.C. bans logging in sensitive border area after urging from Seattle mayor

  B.C. will no longer award timber licences in a 5,800-hectare plot called the Silverdaisy or "doughnut hole" in the Skagit River Valley.

  Dec 5, 2019
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• Sicamous’ $1M wildfire prevention plan to also provide an alternate energy source

  The idea is to tie the fuel mitigation project into plans for a biofuel heating system in the community, similar to one that already exists in nearby Enderby.

  Nov 21, 2019