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5 days ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Tiffany Crawford |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
There’s a wildfire crisis in Western Canada. Why is this happening so early in the season? By Tiffany Crawford Vancouver Sun May 31, 2025 Category: Forest Fires It’s not yet summer, but out-of-control wildfires are raging across Western Canada, fuelled by drought, warmer temperatures and lack of rainfall.
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1 week ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Alexandra Skinner |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
Protecting Hearing in the Forest Industry By Alexandra Skinner, WorkSafeBC The Truck LoggerBC Magazine May 28, 2025 Category: Special Feature Employers must follow safety protocols, ensure proper hearing protection, and regularly monitor noise levels.
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1 week ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Don Procter |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
CLT superstructure ready to rise on former parking lot in Kensington Market By Don Procter The Daily Commercial News May 26, 2025 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: Canada East This summer a superstructure for a four-storey housing complex will rise on a former public parking lot in Toronto’s Kensington Market.
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1 week ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Graeme Wood |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
B.C. First Nations, cities unite to oppose infrastructure bill By Graeme Wood Business in Vancouver May 22, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Leaders from local governments and First Nations held a joint press conference Thursday to voice their collective opposition to the B.C. government’s Bill 15, which aims to expedite infrastructure products. …“If passed into law, Bill 15 would give greater powers to cabinet to expedite the approval of projects it deems to be...
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2 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Andrew Kurjata |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
Industry group questions ‘vague scope’ of new B.C. forestry council By Andrew Kurjata CBC News May 16, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West The B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) says it isn’t sure why the province has created a new forestry council with a “vague scope and mandate” when there are already multiple working groups focused on the troubled resource sector. On Thursday, the province announced the formation of the Provincial Forest Advisory Council,...
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Courtney Sherwood |Kevin Mason |Derek Nighbor |David Elstone
An architect of Oregon’s wildfire map on why he now supports repealing it By Courtney Sherwood Oregon Public Broadcasting May 14, 2025 Category: Forestry After Oregon’s devastating 2020 Labor Day fires, the Legislature passed a bill that was supposed to lead to more wildfire awareness and resilience.
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Skye Ryan |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
‘None of us expected this’: Coombs’ Kingsley Trucking seized in bankruptcy By Skye Ryan Chek News April 25, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Glen Clarke carried a heavy load on his shoulders Friday, as he hitched up his semi for one of the last times.
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Jes Burns |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
Forested swamps on the Northwest coast are some of the biggest carbon storehouses around, new research finds By Jes Burns Oregon Public Broadcasting April 26, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: United States, US West The coastlines of Oregon and Washington take many different forms: sandy beaches, rocky headlands, marshy flats, and swampy tidal forests of salt-tolerant Sitka spruce. These tidal swamps were once the primary type of coastal wetland in Oregon, but development...
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Robert Barron |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
North Cowichan, Nanaimo mayors encourage province to harvest more wood By Robert Barron Cowichan Valley Citizen April 26, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: Canada, Canada West The mayors of North Cowichan and Nanaimo are urging the province to increase the amount of timber that can be harvested annually in the province.
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1 month ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Maxine Bernstein |David Elstone |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey
President of Eugene wood treatment plant gets 90-day prison term for lying to inspectors By Maxine Bernstein Oregon Live April 22, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: United States, US West A federal judge Tuesday sentenced the president of Eugene’s J.H. Baxter & Co. wood treatment plant to 90 days in prison for lying about the company’s illegal handling of hazardous waste at the site. U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane called Georgia Baxter-Krause, 62, an “absent president” who...
