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Responding to climate change: Reinventing forestry practices in British Columbia

Posted on Articles by · 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.

What today's B.C. wildfires can tell us about the future

Posted on Articles by · 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.

Angry about U.S. duties on Canadian lumber? Blame B.C.

Posted on Articles by · 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

Posted on Articles by · 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.

Reality Check - Forest jobs have been recovering for half a decade

Posted on Articles by · 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.

Naturally Resourceful: SOFTAC Systems Ltd. making waves around the globe as an innovator

Posted on Articles by · March 15, 2017 6:49 AM

MYTH BUSTERS: Here's why log exports do not cost BC jobs

Posted on Articles by · February 28, 2017 6:47 PM

It's common to hear that selling logs to foreign countries is bad for British Columbia jobs. In fact, precisely the opposite is true. Stewart Muir explodes the myth in these six charts that take a long-term view of the evidence.

British Columbia’s pulp and paper industry is facing tough times despite its hefty impact on the economy

Posted on Articles by · February 01, 2017 7:15 AM

The problem is a provincial tax structure that hands an advantage to competitors in other parts of the country and elsewhere in the world.

The 7 myths of BC's resource economy

Posted on Reports by · December 01, 2016 12:43 AM

It can be difficult to grasp just how important the resource sector is to the province's economy. But a research report produced by economist Philip Cross for Resource Works gives us a useful picture

Is there a "simple fix" in the battle over lumber?

Posted on Articles by · October 26, 2016 10:38 AM

An emerging viewpoint has it that restrictions on exporting logs are a "net loss" to the Canadian economy. Meantime, American critics are disputing the policy on different grounds...

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Responding to climate change: Reinventing forestry practices in British Columbia

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.

What today's B.C. wildfires can tell us about the future

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.

Angry about U.S. duties on Canadian lumber? Blame B.C.

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

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.

Reality Check - Forest jobs have been recovering for half a decade

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.

Naturally Resourceful: SOFTAC Systems Ltd. making waves around the globe as an innovator

MYTH BUSTERS: Here's why log exports do not cost BC jobs

It's common to hear that selling logs to foreign countries is bad for British Columbia jobs. In fact, precisely the opposite is true. Stewart Muir explodes the myth in these six charts that take a long-term view of the evidence.

British Columbia’s pulp and paper industry is facing tough times despite its hefty impact on the economy

The problem is a provincial tax structure that hands an advantage to competitors in other parts of the country and elsewhere in the world.

The 7 myths of BC's resource economy

It can be difficult to grasp just how important the resource sector is to the province's economy. But a research report produced by economist Philip Cross for Resource Works gives us a useful picture

Is there a "simple fix" in the battle over lumber?

An emerging viewpoint has it that restrictions on exporting logs are a "net loss" to the Canadian economy. Meantime, American critics are disputing the policy on different grounds...

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