forestry

• Wildfires in Western Canada prompt Canfor to curtail sawmill output

  Canfor Corp. says it is curtailing production capacity at its Canadian sawmills beginning Monday as a result of extreme wildfire conditions in Western Canada.

  Money

  Jul 21
• Worsening wildfires renew interest in traditional Indigenous forest management

  Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes.

  Environment

  Jul 18
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• N.B. glyphosate hearings bring out difference in opinion on forestry, agricultural uses

  Hearings into the controversial practice of glyphosate use continued for a third day and a divide is beginning to emerge over its acceptance in different sectors.

  Environment

  Jun 24
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• New Brunswick hearings on glyphosate spraying begin

  Fifteen months after they were initially scheduled, hearings into the controversial practice of glyphosate spraying began in the committee room of the New Brunswick Legislature.

  Canada

  Jun 22
• B.C. deferring old-growth forestry in Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran for 2 years

  The Huu-ay-aht, Ditidaht and Pacheedaht First Nations formally gave notice to the B.C. government over the weekend to defer old-growth logging for two years.

  Environment

  Jun 9
• Another seven arrests at B.C. old-growth logging blockade

  A total of 158 people have now been arrested since RCMP began enforcing a British Columbia court injunction around old-growth logging on Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jun 3
• Story of UBC researcher who found how trees ‘talk’ to each other headed to Hollywood

  'Arrival' star Amy Adams is set to portray forest ecology professor Suzanne Simard in an upcoming film co-produced by Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.

  Environment

  May 30
• Arrests surpass 100 at B.C. old-growth logging protests: RCMP

  Police say 55 people were arrested Tuesday as they enforced a court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on Vancouver Island.

  Crime

  May 26
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• More than 30 arrested at B.C. old-growth logging blockades

  More than two dozen people have been arrested on Vancouver Island as officers enforce a court injunction ordering the removal of blockades set up to protest old-growth logging.

  Environment

  May 23
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• Seven more arrests at B.C. blockade opposing old-growth logging: RCMP

  Opponents of old-growth logging have re-entered a restricted area on southwest Vancouver Island and Mounties have returned to enforce a court injunction that orders their removal.

  Environment

  May 20