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 B.C. forest workers seek aid Source: Vancouver Province, May 6, 2008 VICTORIA -- Minister set to launch trust for hard -hit families...   Victoria faulted on protecting wildlife, old growth Source: Vancouver Sun, April 15, 2008 VICTORIA -- Victoria is not moving fast enough to protect wildlife and old-growth areas within forest districts... Auction mirrors changing industry Source: Victoria Times Colonist, April 3, 2008 VANCOUVER ISLAND -- Declining harvests, smaller operators the way of the future for forestry... 10,000 Forestry jobs gone in past year Source: Vancouver Sun, March 1, 2008 VANCOUVER -- Sawmills are shutting down across the province -- some sporadically, some for good. The situation isn't likely to improve any time soon.. Cedar stays strong - for now Source: Vancouver Sun, February 29, 2008 VANCOUVER -- While dimension lumber sawmills try to stay afloat making a product few U.S. builders want, cedar producers say their exclusive product is selling for near-record prices despite the U.S. market meltdown.... B.C., Ottawa strike twin blows to forestry Source: Globe and Mail, February 29, 2008 VANCOUVER -- Faced with the biggest crisis in its history, the forestry industry has gotten two slaps from government in as many weeks.... Truckers say they face huge cost increases Source: Victoria Times Colonist, February 19, 2008 VICTORIA -- B.C.'s commercial truckers say new fuel taxes announced in yesterday's provincial budget will cost their industry tens of millions of dollars.... 'Love-in' ends war in Great Bear Rainforest Source: Vancouver Sun, February 8, 2008 VANCOUVER -- The B.C. government announced Thursday it has signed new legally binding rules committing forest companies to eco-based logging on the province's north and central coast... Landscape lumber seen as promising export Source: Vancouver Sun, January 30, 2008 VANCOUVER -- British Columbia lumber producers -- long reliant on American housing industry's demand for two-by-fours -- are turning to the growing sophistication of landscaped parks in China as a promising alternative market... Forestry industry puts on brave face Source: Lake Cowichan Gazette, January 25, 2008 VANCOUVER -- "As this report is written, British Columbia's forest industry is reeling from new U.S. trade actions against Canadian Lumber...". So begins UBC resource expert Dr. Peter Pearse in his assessment of "an industry in crisis" in November 2001... B.C. forest crisis prompts regulatory review Source: Lake Cowichan Gazette, January 22, 2008 VANCOUVER ISLAND -- On a day when two more mill closures were announced in Fort Nelson, Premier Gordon Campbell launched a new review of forest regulations aimed at helping the ailing industry..... Report raps logging practice Source: Vancouver Sun, January 17, 2008 VANCOUVER -- An investigation by the watchdog Forest Practice Board has revealed that logging companies are high-grading cedar and spruce on B.C.'s north and central coast..... Forest plan draws loggers' wrath Source: Vancouver Sun, January 16, 2008 VANCOUVER -- Coastal logging contractors said Tuesday that Victoria's forest revitalization plan transferred too much control to major forest companies..... Industry needs tree-farm changes Source: Times Colonist, November 26, 2007 VICTORIA -- It has become fashionable once again for some ill-informed critics and special-interest groups to start kicking at the coastal forest industry. Their timing couldn't be worse..... Wood price war meets B.C. labour peace Source: Financial Post, October 16, 2007 VANCOUVER -- A tentative three-year agreement reached yesterday could put most of British Columbia's 7,000 striking forestry workers back on the job next Monday.... Forestry future solid Source: North Island Gazette, October 3, 2007 VANCOUVER ISLAND -- While the current strike is painful, the forest industry has a bright future in the North Island, says Port Hardy Mayor Hank Bood.... Yelling timber; the forest industry at stake Source: The Nanaimo Daily News, September 26, 2007 VANCOUVER ISLAND -- The old saying is that there are two sides to every story....and the truth is somewhere in the middle.... Forest firms want change; Businesses need to adapt as economy, market changes Source: The Nanaimo Daily News, September 26, 2007 VANCOUVER ISLAND -- Coastal forestry companies insist changes must happen to keep the industry viable.... Forestry strike about lifestyle Source: Parksville Qualicum Beach News, September 25, 2007 VANCOUVER ISLAND -- There's little sign of any breakthrough to end the coastal forestry strike now into its second month.... Taking the strain Source: Business in Vancouver, The BLUE edition, September 19, 2007 VANCOUVER -- B.C.'s forest industry is battling on several fronts, and investment at home and in key foreign growth markets is proving increasingly crucial.... Coast's role shrinking in the world of wood Source: Cowichan Valley Citizen, September 19, 2007 COWICHAN BAY -- Staying competitive in an unequal world is the challenge facing B.C.'s Coastal forest industry, Russ Taylor, International Wood Markets Group, told a meeting of politicians and industry executives at Cowichan Bay last week.... Island Mayors Get Course in Troubled Forest Industry Source: Vancouver Sun, September 12, 2007 VICTORIA -- Vancouver Island mayors got a crash course in the troubled forest industry with a day-long seminar held Tuesday in Cowichan Bay... Future of our Forests Up for Local Debate Source: Cowichan News Leader Pictoral, September 12, 2007 COWICHAN BAY -- The future of an industry was a hot topic during a meeting between forestry executives and community leaders in Cowichan Bay yesterday... Log Exports and Water Quality are Lightning Rods Source: Vancouver Sun, September 11, 2007 PORT ALBERNI -- Timberland fragmentation and 'global markets' also conspire against sustainability... Forest Strike is a Fight for Control Source: Vancouver Sun, September 8, 2007 PORT ALBERNI -- Workers say their lives are being dragged down in pursuit of bottom line, as companies insist they must stay competative... Haida - B.C. Deal "Bleak" for Coastal Loggers Source: Vancouver Sun, August 22, 2007 VANCOUVER -- Pact would see harvest drop 38% from current levels... Recovery still a work in progress Source: North Island Gazette, August 2, 2007 In 2001, Peter Pearse produced a report for the Ministry of Forests on BC's coastal forest industry .... Markets lost and gone forever? Source: Vancouver Sun, July 25, 2007 VICTORIA -- The longer the coastal forest industry is shut down by the United Steelworkers strike, the harder it will be to reestablish relationships and rebuild markets, according to industry experts .... No quick fix seen to strike by coast forestry workers Source: Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2007 VANCOUVER -- Broken partnership between firms and union hard to repair, expert says.... Coast forest labour has to do its share Source: Vancouver Sun, July 17, 2007 VANCOUVER -- The current labour negotiations in British Columbia's coastal forest industry are part of turning around an industry that's been in decline for more than 15 years.... Study sees light on B.C. forestry horizon Source: Business in Vancouver, July 16, 2007 VANCOUVER -- Cuts and company retooling needed, but industry scoring successes in tough times.... Forest firms weigh effect of long strike Source: Globe and Mail, July 5, 2007 VANCOUVER -- With British Columbia's coastal forest sector falling closer into a strike situation, some producers are wondering if a long shutdown will work in their favour by tightening supplies and raising prices for some products.... Niche products offer best hope Source: The Province, June 20, 2007 FORESTRY: Report envisions two possible futures for coastal industry... Lumber companies facing huge challenges Source: Vancouver Sun, June 19, 2007 Coastal lumber manufacturers received a wake-up call Monday in the form of a report... Loggers, sawmill workers on strike alert Source: Vancouver Sun, June 13, 2007 Coast's $2-billion industry could be behind picket lines by next week... Union, foresters work to avoid strike  Source: National Post, June 2, 2007 Thousands of workers in British Columbia's coastal forest products industry cast strike votes this week... B.C. launches radical forest-sector overhaul Source: Vancouver Sun, May 24, 2007 Environment, economy behind shift to logging second-growth timber, minister says... Letter to the EditorMarch 6, 2007 If you heard NDP Forest Critic Bob Simpson in the legislature the other day, you might be forgiven for thinking that the NDP has made a startling reversal of some of the party’s major policies... Premier envisions 'Asia-Pacific century' But the coast forest industry wants tax reforms Source: Vancouver Sun, February 22, 2007 Tuesday's budget commitments were built on the foundation of a strong economy that the provincial government will continue to encourage, Premier Gordon Campbell said Wednesday... Bracing for another storm in the woods Source: Business In Vancouver, January 9-15, 2007 Lumber producers in the province face turbulent times in 2007. Brace yourself. Sit tight. Weather the storm...  |
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