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With B.C. forestry "on pause" because of investment threats, what's at risk for a way of life?
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by Resource Resource Works
· May 05, 2019 9:19 AM
Forestry is typically associated with rural settings. Yet 40 per cent of jobs supporting the $13 billion industry are in the Lower Mainland and Southwest British Columbia.
Read moreHere's the latest evidence that natural resources are growing in importance
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by Resource Resource Works
· September 18, 2018 8:06 AM
The resource economy is a thing of the past? Not so fast. New data from the British Columbia government proves the opposite.
Read moreWant to afford Vancouver housing? Aim for a well-paying job in natural resources
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by Stewart Muir
· July 17, 2018 7:58 AM
Although we constantly hear about the scenic city's affordability problem, almost never are its embarrassingly low salaries flagged as a causative factor.
Read moreResources: the source of BC's prosperity
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by Margareta Dovgal
· May 23, 2018 1:30 PM
Margareta Dovgal shares her thoughts on a weekend roadtrip from Vancouver to Smithers, and back again.
Read moreResponding to climate change: Reinventing forestry practices in British Columbia
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by Resource Resource Works
· July 16, 2017 8:17 AM
The problem is not coming – it's already here. Writer David Jordan took an in-depth look at how British Columbia researchers have been tackling threats to forest health.
Read moreWhat today's B.C. wildfires can tell us about the future
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by Stewart Muir
· July 16, 2017 7:26 AM
Escalating devastation in the British Columbia Interior is creating widespread hardship. Through this testing time, we should also be thinking about future-proofing the province's people and resources, since the problems aren't going away.
Read moreAngry about U.S. duties on Canadian lumber? Blame B.C.
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by Resource Resource Works
· May 07, 2017 8:42 PM
A significant chunk of the penalty is due to log export restrictions that exist only in British Columbia, according to Barrie McKenna of the Globe and Mail.
Veteran woodsman certain "raw" log exports are not a problem
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by Don Hauka
· May 04, 2017 7:18 PM
The issue is far more complicated and a ban would not solve anything, says Nanaimo log broker Barry Simpson in this report by Don Hauka for Resource Works.
Read moreReality Check - Forest jobs have been recovering for half a decade
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by Stewart Muir
· April 28, 2017 8:22 AM
Latest data from BC Statistics shows forestry jobs in the province are close to breaking through the 20,000 level for first time since the global financial crisis hit in 2008. With softwood lumber now an issue, Stewart Muir reveals what the employment numbers mean.
Read moreNaturally Resourceful: SOFTAC Systems Ltd. making waves around the globe as an innovator
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by Don Hauka
· March 15, 2017 6:49 AM
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