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Jan 14, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Mercer Celgar Announces Partnership with Skemxist Solutions Mercer International Inc. January 13, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Mercer Celgar is proud to partner with Skemxist Solutions, an Osoyoos Indian Band (OIB) company, to jointly operate a log sort yard in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Interfor Completes Divestiture of Québec Operations By Interfor Corporation Global Newswire January 10, 2025 Category: Finance & Economics Region: Canada, Canada West BURNABY, British Columbia,– INTERFOR CORPORATION (“Interfor” or the “Company”) announced today that it has completed the previously announced divestiture of its operations in Québec, Canada to Les Chantiers de Chibougamau Ltée. These operations include the sawmills in Val-d’Or and Matagami, as well as the Sullivan...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister Canadian Press in CTV News January 12, 2025 Category: Forest Fires Region: Canada, Canada West British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. Ravi Parmar says in a video posted to social media Saturday afternoon that The B.C. Wildfire Service’s crews had left the province and are expected...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Jessica Durling |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Winter is going: Nanaimo leads Canada in loss of sub-zero winter days By Jessica Durling Nanaimo News Bulletin January 11, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: Canada, Canada West A new study indicates that over the past 10 years, the Nanaimo region has gained more winter days above 0 C than anywhere else in Canada.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Edith Olmsted |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Trump Claims US Needs Nothing From Canada as They Bail Out Los Angeles By Edith Olmsted The New Republic in Yahoo! News January 10, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, United States Donald Trump gloated that the Americans “don’t need anything” from Canada, even as the Canadian government sent firefighters and supplies in response to the devastating wildfires in California. “Canada is mobilizing to help fight the wildfires in southern California. Canadian water bombers are...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Patrick Davies |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
100 Mile Fire Rescue extinguishes silo fire at West Fraser By Patrick Davies 100 Mile House Free Press January 8, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West 100 MILE HOUSE, BC — 100 Mile Fire Rescue responded to a silo spot fire at West Fraser 100 Mile on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Ginnie Sandoval |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Why Oregon lawmakers are asking Elon Musk to stop plan to kill 450,000 barred owls By Ginnie Sandoval Salem Statesman Journal January 10, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US West Four Oregon lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to help stop a plan that would kill 450,000 barred owls in an effort to save endangered spotted owls over the next 30 years. …In a letter sent Tuesday, state Rep. Ed Diehl, R-Stayton, Rep. David Gomberg, D-Lincoln County, Rep. Virgle...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Stefan Labbe |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Uncertain harvest: Despite recent wildfires, B.C. tree planting is set to plummet By Stefan Labbé Victoria Times Colonist January 13, 2025 Category: Forestry The provincial government expects to plant nearly 50 million fewer trees this year — a 17 per cent drop from last year’s planting season at a time when the province has seen a major spike in wildfire activity. The projections come from presentation slides shown to the industry in September. …the government expects the number of trees...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
OTTAWA – Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says dozens of firefighters from Alberta and British Columbia will help fight wildfires in California, and the federal government is co-ordinating efforts with the provinces to deploy resources. Sajjan says in a social media post that 60 firefighters from the two provinces will be deployed as soon as Monday, and that Canadian officials are working to identify and prepare more resources to send in the days ahead.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Bob Brash
Canada and America have been fighting about timber for 40 years The Economist January 9, 2025 Category: Finance & Economics Region: Canada, United States When the boss of the us Lumber Coalition took the podium at the Global Wood Summit in Vancouver, he did not have to tell his mostly Canadian audience to hold their applause.
