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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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Oct 3, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor
Incoming La Nina weather expected to be a B.C. drought-buster Canadian Press in Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle October 2, 2024 Category: Forestry British Columbia’s nagging drought could be eased by an incoming weather pattern that may bring a colder and wetter than normal winter, says Sean Fleming, an adjunct UBC professor of atmospheric sciences. The prolonged drought has caused wildfires to burn year-round, forced some communities to ration water supplies and dangerously lowered water...
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Rod Link |Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor
‘It’s clear they’re not interested in us” By Rod Link Houston Today October 2, 2024 Category: Forestry Region: Canada, Canada West Dana Giesbrecht has had enough with Canfor in Houston. “They’ve done fine with Houston. When you see logging trucks leaving, you know there’s timber.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor
The European Commission published additional guidance documents and an international cooperation framework to support global stakeholders, Member States and third countries in their preparations for the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation. Given feedback received about their state of preparations, the Commission also proposes to give concerned parties additional time to prepare.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Ysabelle Kempe |Robert McKellar |David Elstone |Derek Nighbor
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s push for resilience in building codes gets scrutiny in House hearing By Ysabelle Kempe Smart Cities Dive October 2, 2024 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: United States Emergency managers touted the cost-effectiveness of more resilient buildings, but keeping up with the latest codes is a struggle for some local governments and homebuilders. …The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s recent push for states and localities to adopt more...
