Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumor Mill RoundUpDate 7 February, 2020 Volume 20 Issue 1 Warning: In our first edition of 2020 none of our facts will be characterized using already well-worn figures of speech referring to vision or clarity. Survey Reveals Workplace Harassment and Assaults Tree planters, most of these women, responded to a recent … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumor Mill RoundUpDate 3 December 2019 Volume 19 Issue 18 Warning: A young handsome prince, heir to the throne of a small kingdom in an obscure part of Europe, arrives in America and mistakenly picks up the identical luggage belonging to a quiet, unassuming dental hygienist containing all the scripts for … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumor Mill RoundUpDate 21 November 2019 Volume 19 Issue 17 Warning: The facts contained in this issue make no references to the holiday shopping season and are not intended as gift ideas, or stocking stuffers. Wildfire Smoke Is Bad, But Just How Bad? Last spring WorksafeBC included wildfire fighters under its … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumor Mill RoundUpDate 1 November 2019 Volume 19 Issue 16 Warning: The facts contained in this issue are locally sourced and contain only natural ingredients without added preservatives. WorkSafeBC Stop Use Orders on Express ETV Units Frustrates Contractors. Early in this decade a number of manufacturers introduced portable emergency transportation vehicle … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumor Mill RoundUpDate 18 October 2019 Volume 19 Issue 15 Warning: It has come to our attention that fan fiction versions of the RoundUpDate may exist. Readers should be advised that any RoundUpDate edition with facts that seems to introduce unlikely romantic pairings, or improbable plot reversals, may not be the … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumor Mill RoundUpDate 4 October 2019 Volume 19 Issue 14 Warning: None of the facts presented in this edition are half-baked or deep-faked. They are deep facts. And that’s a fact; a deep fact in fact. Planting Contractors Say Client Cooperation Critical to Meeting Capacity Challenges Next Year Tree planting contractors … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 20 September 2019 Volume 19 Issue 13 Warning: Many of the figures contained in this publication are estimates lacking facticity being they have not really occurred and are not yet actually the case; although the fact of their probability, in as much as probability can be factual, suggests … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 30 August 2019 Volume 19 Issue 12 Warning: Some of the facts in this edition may concern crop circles. We apologize for this lapse in gravity. But it is still summer and we thought we could get away with it. But first some serious stuff… B.C.’s Major Forestry … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 16 August 2019 Volume 19 Issue 11 Warning: No facts were harmed in the production of this edition. Nevertheless, some factoids have been straightened but only with the firmness they deserved. Managing for Wildfire and Updating Stocking Standards Essential to Forest Stewardship Goals It’s been thirty years since … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate, Volume 19 Issue 9 Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 28 June 2019 Volume 19 Issue 10 Warning: With the pending long weekend our fact checkers have taken an extended break and have not reviewed today’s RoundUpDate. Facts may appear in this publication without warning. Although this … Read more