Rumour Mill RoundUpDate

Summer ’07 Rumour Mill Roundup – 30 August 2007

August 31, 2007

Capacity Summit: Investments in safety along with improving workers’ and supervisors’ wages eases workforce pressure for 2007. Read more

Planting Increase Forecast for B.C. 2008 Season

July 30, 2007

The WSCA is estimating 275 million trees for next year’s planting season counting seedlings sown and summer planting projections based on recent trends. Read more

Planting Prices Rise in 2007

July 30, 2007

Last year saw an average recovery in tree planting prices across most of the province driven by the sector’s need to retain some profitability and improve workers’ wages and workplace conditions, particularly around safety. Read more

2007 Planting Season: More Planters—Less Experience

July 30, 2007

Preliminary polling of contractors indicate the 2007 tree planting season is winding down successfully concluding another peak year with an even younger and less experienced workforce. Read more

Interface Fires Worldwide: Are we seeing a trend?

June 11, 2002

Are there lessons for British Columbia in the recent catastrophic interface fires in North America and Australia? Read more

Contractor Licensing Stalled on First Nations Issue

August 30, 2001

The licensing of silvicultural contractors in B.C. is stalled at the moment while government lawyers sort out whether Native silvicultural employers fall under provincial or federal labour statutes… Read more

Mid Coast Deal Causes Cutbacks on FRBC Spending

April 30, 2001

Forest companies holding back on tendering to Forest Renewal BC-funded forestry projects… Read more

WSCA to Appeal to WCB for Prime Contractor Regulation Review

April 30, 2001

Silvicultural contractors will ask Workers¹ Compensation Board executives to review regulations governing the assignment of prime contractor status on silvicultural work sites. Increasingly forest companies have engaged in downloading prime contractor status onto silvicultural contractors. Contractors have objected to this responsibility saying they have little control over the conditions they find on worksites after harvesting … Read more

Contractor Obligations Increase Under Canfor Certification

February 21, 2000

Silvicultural contractors’ working for Canadian Forest Products Ltd. will likely see an increase in responsibilities for documentation and training as part of the forest company’s ISO 14001 certification program being implemented this year. Read more

West Coast Contractors Face Tough Times

August 1, 1999

West Coast silviculture contractors who tend new forest plantations are in dire straits according to a recently released industry report… Read more

1
...
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14