COVID-19 pandemic could revive B.C. forestry industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadians to use more disposable products such as cups, bags and masks, which has [...]
May 20, 2020
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BC government to offer aid to forest companies
The British Columbia government is deferring a timber harvesting fee charged to forest companies in an effort to help the [...]
May 12, 2020
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B.C. sawmills hope that the horrible 2019 won’t repeat in 2020
For B.C. sawmills and loggers, 2019 was an annus horribilis that they can only hope is not repeated in [...]
January 23, 2020
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Canfor announces 2 week shutdown for all its sawmills
Canfor is shutting down all 10 of its sawmills currently operating in B.C. over Christmas [...]
December 10, 2019
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BC forest companies search for business opportunities in China and Japan
B.C.’s forests minister Doug Donaldson and 35 senior executives from B.C. forest companies and associations wrapped up [...]
December 9, 2019
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B.C. forestry crisis: 25% fall in export sales and a $3.4 billion loss
The crisis in British Columbia’s forestry sector that saw more than 20 sawmills close or [...]
November 7, 2019
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B.C. forest sector to diversify products amid high fibre costs, oversupply and low lumber prices
British Columbia forest sector's woes ranging from high wood costs, declining AAC, US duties, market [...]
November 6, 2019
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13 BC sawmill closures forecast for the next decade
This year’s series of B.C. mill closures and production curtailments have affected more than [...]
October 31, 2019
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BC company signs major agreement to export wood pellets to Japan
A British Columbia company has signed an agreement to provide 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets to fuel a biomass [...]
October 25, 2019
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BC’s forestry companies face weak wood markets, high log costs and US lumber duties
B.C. forestry companies are set to report lacklustre third-quarter financial results as tough market [...]
October 22, 2019
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