Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 25 September 2023 Volume 23 Issue 8 Warning: Some facts in this publication may contain articulate matter. In memoriam: As we were writing this week’s RoundUpDate news broke of the deaths of four contract wildfire fighters early Tuesday morning in a head-on collision west of Kamloops. It is … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 14 July 2023 Volume 23 Issue 7 Warning: Due to the changeability of facts on the ground during this changeable field season some facts in this publication may not be fully representative of the all the facts of the matters presented. Tree Planting 2023: A Continuing Season of … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 2 June 2023 Volume 23 Issue 6 Warning: None of the facts in this publication will be modified by the adjective “unprecedented” owing to its over-use in describing recent weather, climate, disaster, and related topics often covered by our reporting. WFCA Asks For Spring Planting Extension Due To … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 5 May 2023 Volume 23 Issue 5 Warning: Many of these fact warnings, rather than providing actual warnings about facts, have often been self-referential, elliptical, and non-sequiturs that some readers may find puzzling. BC SAFE Forestry Advocate Issues Flood and Travel Alert for Planting and Forestry Crews Rising … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 14 April 2023 Volume 23 Issue 4 Warning: Our fact-checkers use facts to check facts in this publication to ensure our facts are factual assuming the facts we use to check the facts are in fact factual risking the chance of an endless loop of fact-checking facts. If … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 10 March 2023 Volume 23 Issue 3 Warning: No facts have been harmed in the production of this publication. Seasonal Workers Ineligible for Paid Sick Leave Rule Complicates Managing Sickness at Work An on-site hand washing station. Managing basic cleanliness will reduce the risks of sickness in camps … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 17 February 2023 Volume 23 Issue 2 Warning: No thought balloons or unidentified factual objects were shot down in the production of this publication. This February, So Far, Full of Forest Stewardship Portents and Prodigies The WFCA 2023 Conference program looked at the 15 climate change risk events … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 20 January 2023 Volume 23 Issue 1 Warning: No artificial intelligence has been used to generate text or facts contained in this publication, in this publication, in this publi cation, i nthi spublic ation, op enth epodbay do ors HAL Special WFCA Conference RoundUpDate Edition: 2023 Could “Break … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 18 November 2022 Volume 22 Issue 12 Warning: The RoundUpDate will continue its annual fall prohibition against making jokes about any facts containing pumpkin spice. New Pilot Flight and Duty Rules May Affect Forestry Operations New pilot fatigue rules may shorten work days and limit emergency response availability … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 14 October 2022 Volume 22 Issue 11 Warning: Readers using fact-blocking software may find portions of this publication missing. We do need some rain for this fall’s tree planting—just not at once A fall tree planting crew navigates the dust for another dry day of planting this month … Read more