All Forestry articles

Many more resources are needed for B.C. communities, including Kimberley, to be safe from catastrophic wildfires

Two kraft pulp mills provide hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in economic spin-offs in the West and East Kootenays

September 20 to 26 is National Forest Week, a good time to reflect on the importance of trees to our way of life.

Do you know of a Kootenay community in which the local government is a wood champion?

British Columbia's resource roads need more funding for maintenance

Three projects in the RDEK’s Central Subregion receive funding through the Central East Kootenay Community Directed Funds (CEKCDF) Program.

There is an increasing interest in live-edge timber products among builders.

A few simple steps you can take to protect your home from wildfire.

B.C.'s resource roads are a multi-billion dollar asset that needs inventorying and active management

Thanks to grants from the federal government and Columbia Basin Trust, the College of the Rockies can offer more trades training.

Mike Effray, owner and operations manager of Cranbrook-based Strategic Fire Control, has one of the hottest jobs on the market today.

Cuts attributed to “a dearth of affordably retrievable timber.”

Blue Lake Centre’s new executive director, Todd Hebert, is incorporating citizen science into the centre’s education programs.

J.H. Huscroft Ltd. produces a diverse range of products and provides employment that supports economic stability in B.C.’s Creston Valley

From horses and handsaws to logging trucks and high-speed lumber stackers, the Kalesnikoffs have kept the family business going strong since 1939.

After five years of downsizing, Louisiana-Pacific Building Products in Golden, B.C., is in a promising growth phase.

Vancouver-based Canfor and a number of other companies lead the list.

Steve Benwell has grown his company into one of the largest helicopter operations in the Kootenay region.

A Surrey-based company has purchased Meadow Creek Cedar’s long-idled sawmill at Cooper Creek.

Jemi Fibre based in Vancouver also recently acquired three wood manufacturing companies in the region.

Mike Hambalek's business is attracting international attention with its innovative products for the mining industry.

Boards by George does not focus on producing mass volumes of milled lumber, rather it focuses on specialty wood products

On the brink of its 60th year, KMC/Kootrac has introduced a 3000 series to better serve industries around the world.

At the UBCM conference in Vancouver in September, Wood Works! BC announced the winners of the 2013 Community Recognition Awards.

Several upgrades are now complete at Canfor’s Elko sawmill and the project should wrap up in late spring of 2014.

Mass timber construction is ecologically friendly, and is a likely market for products from Brisco Manufacturing Ltd.

Through the toughest of times, B.C.’s forest industry has managed to sustain itself and it is now poised for growth.

The industry is expected to need at least 60,000 new recruits by 2020.

S.M. Quennell Trucking takes one of Kootenay Business magazine’s staff writers on a ride-along

Wynndel Box & Lumber is a family-owned company in Wynndel, B.C., that is entering its second century in business.

Canfor Corporation is a company on the move in the East Kootenay.

Students from Selkirk College’s Forest Technology Program recently travelled to Mexico to learn about the area’s unique forest

The city of Revelstoke, B.C., and local lumber company Downie Timber have been supportive of each other—to the advantage of both.

Tembec sells Skookumchuk Pulp Mill for $89 million

Fab Rite Services Ltd. offers a wide range of services to the industries of mining, oil and gas, forestry and construction.

Will Canfor step up to the plate and add to its holdings in the East Kootenay with the purchase of the Skookumchuck pulp mill?

Steve Benwell is the owner and founder of High Terrain Helicopters, a Kootenay company that has been in operation for 20 years.

On the heels of investing $40+ million in getting their sawmill in Radium back into production, Canfor has announced a $40 million upgrade to their Elko sawmill

Need firewood, who you going to call? Kalesnikoff Lumber.

With Canfor's sawmill reopening in the village of Radium Hot Springs, B.C., the community is celebrating new hope and perseverance through tough times.

The community of Radium Hot Springs is celebrating the return of a vital economic presence.

Canfor, B.C.'s largest forestry product company, is busy getting their shuttered Radium Hot Springs sawmill back into production.

Elkford's conference centre is a prime example of leading-edge B.C. design concepts and green building protocol.

Three partners from Cranbrook have purchased the consulting side of Interior Reforestation and formed a new consulting firm called Vast Resource Solutions.

Montreal-headquartered Stella-Jones Inc. has signed a non-binding letter of intent to acquire certain pole treating assets of Brisco Wood Preservers Ltd., a provider of treated wood poles located in British Columbia.

The Business in Vancouver newspaper is reporting that Celgar, located just north of Castlegar, is fighting with BC Hydro over the sale of excess power to Fortis BC—BC Hydro’s main competitor.

Golden Engineered Wood Products, which has enjoyed a longstanding presence in the town of Golden, is proud of its work and workforce.

Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP) plans to spend $40 million to upgrade sawmills in the Kootenay region.

Canfor has completed the acquisition of the Tembec Industries Ltd. southern British Columbia interior wood products assets—consisting of the Elko and Canal Flats sawmills and approximately 1.1 million cubic metres of combined Crown land, private land and contract annual allowable cut.

On November 28, 2011, Canfor Corporation announced an agreement made with Tembec Industries Ltd. that they will acquire Tembec's sawmills in Elko and Canal Flats in southeastern B.C.