Although the WSCA pilot proposal has been shopped around by the WSCA since the membership declared two years ago that we should develop a proposal to kick-start the MPB harvest and the bio-energy industry as a strategy to keep our sector and the forests in full vigour: it has been officially declined by the Ministry. Read more
Premier Gordon Campbell has announced that government will move to protect forest contractors from going unpaid by license holders.But it is uncertain whether his promise to strengthen the antique Woodworker’s Lien Act will provide any certainty to silviculture contractors who may go unpaid for providing silviculture services to bankrupt clients. Read more
On an overcast morning in early May, a chill bites the air with just the slightest of ocean breezes. It’s as if winter never left. Days earlier, snow, hail and wind arrived to knock the pink blossoms off of boulevard cherry trees and make a mockery of southern Vancouver Island’s so-called “Mediterranean” climate. Read more