Tag Archives: forestry
A correction to a quick list that moved with a B.C. old-growth logging story
VANCOUVER — In a quick list on numbers that moved on May 28 with a story about old-growth logging, The Canadian Press erroneously said 7,200 hectares of at-risk old-growth forests logged since November amounts to the size of nearly 90
Understanding B.C.’s old-growth logging deferrals by the numbers
A process is underway in British Columbia to temporarily defer logging in priority old-growth forests, allowing time for the government to work with First Nations to decide how they should be managed in the long term. The province appointed a five-memb...
B.C. wants First Nations to agree before old-growth logging deferred on shared lands
The British Columbia government wants First Nations to reach consensus before logging is deferred in old-growth forests on shared Indigenous territories. Tara Marsden, sustainability director for the Gitanyow Nation's hereditary chiefs' office in north...
Canada’s trade minister, U.S. ambassador vow closer trade ties, despite differences
WASHINGTON — In the grand scheme of a volatile and unpredictable world, the Canada-U.S. trade relationship is healthy and only growing stronger, its two senior curators insisted Thursday during a rare joint appearance in Ottawa. U.S. Trade Representat...
Highway blockades over old-growth logging aimed at forcing a dialogue, activists say
VANCOUVER — The activists behind road blockades and hunger strikes calling for an end to old-growth logging in British Columbia say their non-violent actions are aimed at sparking public discussion and urging politicians to heed climate science. Histor...
B.C. premier stresses importance of co-operation within forestry sector
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s premier says the only way the provincial forest industry will grow is through partnerships with First Nations and companies. In the keynote address to the BC Council of Forest Industries conference, John Horgan told del...
B.C. announces $19 million in funding to Forests Ministry to fight climate change
VANCOUVER — Both sides on the issue of old-growth logging in British Columbia are so polarized they "can't see the forest for the trees," Forests Minister Katrine Conroy said Thursday. Conroy told those attending the BC Council of Forest Industries co...
B.C. man says old-growth protests escalating after brief hospitalization
NANAIMO, B.C. — A British Columbia man says he was briefly hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike to protest old-growth logging but plans to go without food until the end of the month before joining others in
B.C. man wanting public meeting has ‘death-watch monitors’ on Day 23 of hunger strike
NANAIMO, B.C. — A 68-year-old activist says "death-watch monitors" were ensuring his safety on the 23rd day of a hunger strike over old-growth logging practices in British Columbia. Howard Breen said Saturday that he stopped drinking liquids two days e...
Alberta releases recovery plans for two threatened caribou herds
EDMONTON — The Alberta government has released recovery plans for two herds of threatened caribou in the province's north that it says will bring the amount of usable habitat on their ranges up to the level required by a deal