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Responding to climate change: Reinventing forestry practices in British Columbia
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by 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 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
MYTH BUSTERS: Here's why log exports do not cost BC jobs
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by Stewart Muir
· 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.
Read moreBritish Columbia’s pulp and paper industry is facing tough times despite its hefty impact on the economy
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by Stewart Muir
· 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.
Read moreThe 7 myths of BC's resource economy
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by Philip Cross
· 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
Read moreIs there a "simple fix" in the battle over lumber?
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by Resource Works
· 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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