This spring, Okanagan College and Total Physiotherapy in Houston, BC, collaborated on a research project studying preventative strategies for a very common tendinitis affecting tree planters. Tendinitis of the thumb, termed de Quervain’s tenosynovitis, is a frequent early season tree planting injury occurring on the shovel side. Total Physiotherapy has successfully treated de Quervain’s through … Read more
Dear BC Forestry Contractors, Consultants and Suppliers: This is an invitation to you to attend our annual half-day workshop focusing on next year’s 2018 BC market forecast for forestry services along with a long term outlook over the next five years based on our provincial government’s commitments to forest restoration and carbon sequestration. Western Forestry … Read more
September 1, 2017 Volume 17, Issue 17 Warning: Some of the facts expressed in this edition may contain opinions. BC Planters Reach Eight Billion Seedling Milestone This Year We have it on good authority from our statists at Forest Practices Branch that the latest numbers show we planted the province’s eight billionth seedling this year. … Read more