Western Forest Products

• B.C. logging company won’t dispute First Nation land claim, lawyer tells court

  Lawyer Jeff Echols said the B.C. government disputes the First Nation's claim to 230 square kilometres of land on Nootka Island, off Vancouver Island's west coast.

  Politics

  Mar 22
  
• B.C. Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over First Nation’s land rights

  The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court in 2017 asserts that the B.C. and federal governments have denied Nuchatlaht rights, in part, by authorizing logging.

  Politics

  Mar 21
  
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• B.C. First Nations make deal with Western Forest Products to defer old-growth logging

  The deal between four First Nations and Western Forest Products Inc. will allow for a two-year deferral of logging for 25 square kilometres of rare and priority old-growth trees.

  Environment

  Jan 19
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• 8-month Vancouver Island forestry strike finally ends as union ratifies agreement

  United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 announced Saturday that its members had ratified the tentative, five-year agreement by 81.9 per cent over two days of voting this week.

  Feb 15, 2020
• Tentative deal reached in lengthy B.C. forestry strike

  About 3,000 employees and contractors at Western Forest Products facilities in several Vancouver Island communities have been off the job since July 1.

  Feb 10, 2020
• 2 days after walking away, mediators Vince Ready, Amanda Rogers hired back to B.C. forestry strike

  B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains says the pair will have "additional powers" to recommend a settlement in the eight-month dispute.

  Feb 6, 2020
• B.C. labour minister pledges decision on stalled forestry strike talks ‘within 24 hours’

  A pair of the province's most respected mediators pulled out of negotiations in the eight-month strike on Tuesday.

  Feb 5, 2020
• Mediators pull out of talks in bitter, 8-month Vancouver Island forestry strike

  WFP says the mediators announced the decision in a letter Tuesday, "as they see no basis for a negotiated settlement at this time."

  Feb 4, 2020
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• Talks in bitter B.C. forestry strike could resume Sunday, says union

  Western Forest Products workers with United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 have been on strike since July 1.

  Jan 31, 2020
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• B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes

  The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2020