BC’s forest industry pushes back on proposal to limit compensation for tenure transfers to First Nations. In related news: Vaughn Palmer questions the secrecy of BC’s land transfers; Kim Haagstad says ...

The New Democrats have been working in secret to limit the province’s obligation to pay compensation to forest companies for the loss of timber-cutting rights on some 400 parcels of land being ...

BC Wood’s October 16 edition of Wood Connections highlights efforts to expand international markets and strengthen British Columbia’s value-added wood products sector. With U.S. tariffs underscoring ...

A reduction in punitive American duties on Canadian softwood lumber comes as little relief to B.C. producers as the underlying Canada-U.S. trade dispute continues to drag on, according to the B.C.

The BC NDP is defending proposed changes to forest tenure compensation amid revelations of its plan to transfer Crown lands to First Nations. In related news: David Elstone gives the NDP a “D” on its ...

On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce released its final antidumping duty determinations for the seventh administrative review (AR7) of certain softwood lumber products from Canada. The period of ...

A Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigation (A22P0115) into a fatal 2022 floatplane accident in Strachan Bay, British Columbia (BC), highlights the risks associated with adverse wind ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is joining partners across the country in recognizing National Forest Products Week (Oct. 18-24), highlighting how healthy, well-managed forests provide ...

OTTAWA, ON — Wildfire seasons are now longer, more complex and more challenging than in the past, and 2026 was no exception. After a slower than average start to the season, wildfire activity, driven ...

EDMONTON, AB — After nearly seven years at the helm of the Alberta Forest Products Association (AFPA), President and CEO Jason Krips will step down from his role at the end of the calendar year to ...

The latest US lumber duty review drew criticism from Canadian producers, praise from the US Lumber Coalition. In related news: a US importer challenged duties on reprocessed cedar; a US congressman ...