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 Softwood's first duty refunds on the way  Source: Vancouver Sun, October 31, 2006 The federal Export Development Corporation distributed the first installment of softwood duty refunds ahead of schedule Monday, handing back over $950 million to Canadian forest companies...   Softwood deal may be delayed until Nov. 1 Source: Vancouver Sun, September 29, 2006 The federal government is considering a new implementation date for the softwood lumber treaty -- likely Nov. 1 -- after industry leaders urged Ottawa to slow down... B.C. seeks to regain market share in Japan with stronger hemlock lumber Source: Vancouver Sun, September 14, 2006 Once spurned as too rough-hewn, a more sophisticated version of B.C. hemlock is ready to take on Europe's esteemed engineered wood products in a battle over the Japanese housing market... Forest companies line up on both sides of dispute Source: Vancouver Sun, July 6, 2006 Enough British Columbia forest firms remain opposed to the tentative truce reached in the Canada-United States softwood lumber dispute to sink the deal, a senior industry representative claimed Wednesday... Dosanjh considers opposing softwood accord Source: Vancouver Sun, July 4, 2006 Fallout I Senior British Columbia opposition MP Ujjal Dosanjh will consider opposing any legislation to enact a softwood lumber treaty unless B.C.'s concerns are addressed in a final document... B.C. demands changes to new softwood deal Source: Vancouver Sun, July 3, 2006 Canada and the United States reached an agreement on a formal text for a softwood lumber deal Saturday, marking a significant milestone on the road to finally ending the biggest trade dispute between the two countries. But B.C.'s government, along with the leaders of its forest industry, say they will not support the deal unless significant amendments are made... Softwood deal under threat from B.C. Source: Vancouver Sun, July 1, 2006 The B.C. government and forest industry informed Ottawa Friday that they can't support the latest draft softwood settlement, putting the axe deep into Prime Minister Stephen Harper's latest hopes for an accord to present at his July 6 meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush... U.S. seeks opt-out clause in softwood deal Source: Vancouver Sun, June 23, 2006 U.S. negotiators in round-the-clock softwood lumber talks are seeking an opt-out clause that could see the long-standing dispute back on the table in little more than a year, B.C. NDP forestry critic Bob Simpson said Thursday... Softwood letter sparks Canadian outrage Source: Vancouver Sun, June 20, 2006 The U.S. government has told its own industry that the whole purpose of negotiating a softwood deal is to "mitigate to the greatest extent possible" Canadian lumber trade practices that it claims are unfair... Valley residents demand a voice in softwood talks Source: Alberni Valley Times, June 15, 2006 Softwood talks are heating up, and local residents are demanding to know who will look after the interests of the Valley, and what will be decided regarding raw log exports... Draft softwood deal could threaten paper mill Source: Alberni Valley Times; with files from Canadian Press , June 13, 2006 As softwood lumber talks drag on, industry officials fear the agreement could threaten coastal lumber and pulp production, including Catalyst Paper's Port Alberni paper mill... Softwood deal worries coastal producers Source: Vancouver Sun, June 13, 2006 The United States must give if there is going to be a softwood lumber agreement, B.C. Forests Minister Rich Coleman said Monday... Softwood deal expected by Monday Source: Vancouver Sun, June 10, 2006 Softwood negotiators are engaged in a marathon weekend-long session in Washington in a bid by Canada and the U.S. to reach a final deal by Monday, raising alarms in B.C. that Ottawa is playing politics with Canada's $10-billion lumber export business... Softwood deal worries coastal producers Source: Vancouver Sun, June 7, 2006 Coastal lumber producers are warning Ottawa that they are growing increasingly concerned that issues crucial to the survival of their industry will be negotiated away in the rush to meet a June 15 softwood treaty deadline... Cut, capped civic taxes urged to help foresters Source: Vancouver Sun, April 13, 2006 The B.C. Competition Council has recommended sweeping land-use, policy and taxation changes to help the forest industry deal with deteriorating economic conditions on the coast, a moribund pulp industry, and the mountain pine beetle epidemic in the Interior... Forest jobs vanish, home values sink Source: Vancouver Sun, March 02, 2006 Forestry workers on Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands say their jobs have dried up and the value of their homes is plummeting while Victoria and the Haida work out a land-use plan that includes protecting almost half the island archipelago.... Volatile resource sector booming Source: Vancouver Sun, February 22, 2006 British Columbia's booming resource sector delivered the province a healthy $1.5- billion surplus this year -- but its volatile nature means it's too "risky" for B.C. to expect the money to keep pouring in, Finance Minister Carole Taylor said Tuesday.... Challenging year ahead for truck loggers Source: Vancouver Sun, January 14, 2006 Expect a lot of serious talk at next week's Truck Loggers Association convention as the venerable organization wrestles with a series of issues that is expected to make 2006 a challenging year for the coastal forest industry... Small firms say forest strategy will help them stay competitive Source: Business Edge, December 8, 2005 Small companies will benefit the most from the recently-announced $1.5 billion federal forest strategy designed to off-set the effects of the softwood lumber dispute between Canada and the U.S., say industry leaders... Wilkinson's ways OK on small scale, say forest workers Source: Times Colonist, November 27, 2005 Company president says it's different strokes for different eco-systems... Coastal forest industry 'in dire straits,' needs $150m from Ottawa Source: Vancouver Sun, November 9, 2005 The coastal forest industry is broke, both financially and structurally, and needs $150 million in federal cash and incentives before it can begin to rebuild itself, the head of the Coast Forest Products Association said Tuesday... Coastal forest industry seeks aid Source: Vancouver Sun, October 24, 2005 Money losing sector wants investment incentives, help for workers facing job losses... B.C.'s coastal forest industry 'fighting for its life' Source: Vancouver Sun, October 11, 2005 The coastal forest industry is facing a deep and continuing crisis that one industry leader says could take another five years to be resolved... De Jong thinks 'for himself' Source: Vancouver Sun, October 7, 2005 A straight-talking Surrey sawmill operator describes provincial Labour Minister Mike de Jong as a good choice to handle the government's side of the dispute with the province's teachers... B.C.'s new 'death zones' Source: Vancouver Sun, September 23, 2005 Safety regulations are being blatantly ignored in British Columbia forests, according to the author of a report that details a systematic "regulatory break-down" that is putting fallers' lives at risk... A new deal for natives Source: Vancouver Sun, July 29, 2005 Details are still being discussed, but key first nations groups are uniting on a 'historic' process... Forest firms demand property-tax reduction Source: Vancouver Sun, July 6, 2005 B.C.'s struggling coastal forest companies want lower property taxes and are calling for an end to the disproportionately high rates charged by some municipalities... Blockade paralyses port, costs B.C. $30 million daily Source: Vancouver Sun, June 28, 2005 An estimated 1,000 striking truckers put the brakes on more than $30 million worth of container business at Greater Vancouver ports Monday, warning they're going to stay parked for at least a week regardless of mounting economic damage to the provincial economy... Sumo wrestler helps promote coastal B.C. hemlock in Japan Source: Vancouver Sun, June 22, 2005 With a little help from a Japanese strongman, coastal British Columbia hemlock producers hope to win back customers who have drifted away to other products... Western Forest Products Ltd. heading for drier ground Source: Business in Vancouver, June 21-27, 2005 Having lain dormant for seven years, the lumber drying kilns of coastal operator Western Forest Products Ltd. are now being fired up to offset shrinking markets for green hemlock... Native voice in forests scares industry Source: Times Colonist, June 14, 2005 The coastal forest industry appears to be quietly seething over the "new relationship" agreement that the B.C. government is just as quietly putting together with First Nations leaders... Business breathes a sigh of relieve for Liberals Source: Times Colonist, May 18, 2005 Vindication. That was the spin tossed out late Tuesday night as the B.C. business community swallowed the Liberal party's return to government in a race many admitted was closer than expected... Election reaction to new provincial Liberal government Source: Vancouver Sun, May 18, 2005 "This is a good result for the forest industry because it allows continuation of the forest policies put into place by the Liberals in the first term..." Coast Forest Products Association elects first board of directors Source: Vancouver Sun, April 30, 2005 The Coast Forest Products Association has elected its first board of directors to help shape the direction of the association, which represents 27 forest companies operating on the B.C. coast... Brascan to roll newly acquired B.C. timber assets into equity fund Source: Business in Vancouver, March 1-7, 2005 Lumber behemoth's $1.2 billion Weyerhaeuser deal promises to restructure the province's coastal forest industry... Brascan buys B.C. coastal lumber assets for $1.4 billion Source: Vancouver Sun, February 19, 2005 Brascan Corp. said Friday it has reached a $1.4-billion deal to buy U.S.-based Weyerhaeuser Co.'s sawmills and vast coastal timber holdings... Resource investments lauded for their potential Source: Vancouver Sun, February 17, 2005 Forestry, energy and mining industries predict long-term benefits from provincial money... Terminal Forest Products Chair Receives Award Source: Ministry of Forests Website, February 14, 2005 Minister of Forests Michael de Jong and Richmond East MLA Linda Reid present Asa Johal, founder and chair of Terminal Forest Products with Forests Minister's Award of Excellence for leadership in forest stewardship... Cut logging, gain jobs Source: Vancouver Sun, February 14, 2005 Report: Saving a third of coastal lands from logging could yield a $200 million economic boost, study claims... Foresters fight for Japanese market share Source: Business in Vancouver, February 8, 2005 Overtures from nimble European rivals increasingly catching the ear of B.C.'s secondargest lumber customer ... Brascan may buy forestry assets Source: Globe and Mail, February 3, 2005 Vancouver - Brascan Corp. is in the final stages of a $1.1-billion transaction with Weyerhaeuser Co. to acquire forestry assets on the coast of British Columbia, sources said yesterday... B.C. lumber industry seeks to nail down ties with Japan Source: Globe and Mail, January 31, 2005 Mired in a seemingly interminable trade dispute with the United States, British Columbia's lumber sector... B.C. forestry demonstration centre opens in China Source: ForestPress, January 27, 2005 SHANGHAI, PR CHINA – British Columbia’s aggressive push to export more wood products to China achieved a major milestone today with Forests Minister Michael de Jong opening the Dream Home China demonstration centre... As B.C. forestry goes, so goes the economy Source: Vancouver Sun, January 26, 2005 After a frenzy of mergers, a new pricing system has put the industry into overdrive... Trade mission to China to promote B.C. wood products Source: Vancouver Sun, January 19, 2005 Project will showcase the benefits of B.C. wood frame construction for consumers... Cutting the coast down to size: Forest industry on Vancouver Island can count on continued consolidation -- and more uncertainty Source: Times Colonist, January 8, 2005 More than three years ago, he advocated the closure of as many as 22 coastal sawmills, sweeping policy reform and said there was a need for a billion dollars in capital expenditure to get the coastal forest industry back on track. ... Sell that wood: Health and education depend on it Source: Vancouver Sun, December 29, 2004 Opinion polls routinely cite health and education as the two main concerns of British Columbians, but it is telling that the industry that is the major supporter of those two services rarely shows up on the opinion radar screen... Dollar, prices cut lumber output Source: Vancouver Sun, November 12, 2004 High inventory, reduced demand has timber executives eyeing costs... CFLA broadens vision strategy initiative to revitalize BC's coastal forest industry Source: Coast Forest and Lumber Association, November 2, 2004 $100 million of new investment in Year One... Fish detective Source: Canadian Business, September 13, 2004 Marine biologist David Welch uncovers the secret lives of salmon ... |
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