Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate, Volume 19 Issue 9 Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 14 June 2019 Volume 19 Issue 9 Warning: With next week’s solstice, days will start becoming shorter. Meanwhile all facts contained in this publication during the coming summer will remain the same length. That constancy is why … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 14 December 2018 Volume 18 Issue 19 Warning: No facts were harmed in the writing, editing and publishing of this edition of the Rumour Mill RoundUpDate. Seasoned Greetings (and more) From the WFCA Rumour Mill RoundUpDate WFCA Announces 2019 Annual Conference Program Featuring Policy and Practice Presenters and … Read more
Western Forestry Contractors’ Association Rumour Mill RoundUpDate 23 November 2018 Volume 18 Issue 18 Warning: Some of the facts contained in this edition may be injury-prone meaning they are concerned with workplace safety—they’re not actually, like, getting hurt or anything… WFCA 2019 Annual Conference Will Offer a Medley of Practical, Technical and Inspirational Workplace Safety … Read more
9 March 2018 Volume 18 Issue 3 Warning: Some facts published in this edition may contain information. Some information published in this edition may contain facts. This paradox seems unavoidable. Make Forests Great Again: WFCA 2018 Conference a Big Success The above headline might have made a good slogan for this year’s WFCA annual conference … Read more
September 15, 2017 Volume 17, Issue 18 Warning: Some of the facts expressed in this edition may pertain to the future and certain future conditions, which are unknowable and fact-free due to quantum entanglement and the universe just knowing better. WFCA Annual Market & Business Summit set for Kamloops 28th September Each year before the … Read more
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
June 9, 2017 Volume 17, Issue 12 Warning: Some of the facts in this edition may be subject to politics How Will Promised $15.00 Minimum Wage Affect Tree Planting? Assuming we may soon be setting our sails for new political winds in the province many contractors, especially tree planting employers, have to be thinking about … Read more