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B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected
A helicopter being used to battle hot spots near Sorrento lands in Squilax, B.C., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, as trees burned by the Bush Creek East wildfire are seen on a mountainside. The onset of large, severe wildfires that threaten communities year after year has occurred earlier in British Columbia than previous research projected, and experts say the record-shattering 2023 season must serve as a springboard for action. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Ottawa investigating logging company over bridge in Alberta’s Kananaskis Country
The Prairie View trail near Barrier Lake in Kananaskis Country, Alberta on Nov. 2, 2008.
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The quest for an ancient colossus, in the wild rainforest of B.C.
Canadian Press reporter Brenna Owen stands at the base of a western red cedar estimated to be 2,100 years old west of Port Alberni, B.C., on Saturday July 22, 2023. The tree, which was rumoured to measure six metres in diameter, was measured at about five metres. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Colin Spratt **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Canadians unified on forest protection, but divided on wildfire cause, poll suggests
Hot spots from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burn in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. As Canada struggles through its worst fire season in recorded history, a new survey suggests protecting forests remains one issue that unites most Canadians no matter who they are or where they live.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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RCMP back at Fairy Creek logging blockades after high court confirmed protester’s acquittal
An RCMP helicopter is seen patrolling the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Mounties are back enforcing an injunction on Vancouver Island less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the acquittal of a protester at the same site because police failed to fully read out the court's order. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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UBC research blames bigger floods on clear-cutting, calls for more selective logging
Logged areas near the Ram River Coal Corp. proposed Aries Mine Pit site west of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Supporters of open-pit coal mining say there's a chance new mines could be built in Alberta's Rockies after comments from the province's new premier. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Our simplistic approach to forest management has added fuel to the fire
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
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Ontario woman planted more than 4,500 trees in a day in Saskatchewan and found a TikTok audience of millions
Ontario resident Leslie Dart is seen in a July 15, 2022, handout image. Dart, who spent the last three summers planting trees across the country, is among the thousands of tree planters, many of them college students, who work mostly for logging companies on reforestation projects each summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Leslie Dart **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Wildfire in Nova Scotia occurred amid some of driest recorded conditions scientist says
 In this aerial image, an aircraft, centre, flies near a wildfire burning near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Communications Nova Scotia **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Wildfires across Canada force some forestry companies to pause operations
A wildfire raging west of Chibougamau, in Northern Quebec, is shown in a June 4, 2023, handout photo. Wildfires across Canada are forcing some forestry companies to pause operations, particularly in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-SOPFEU, Audrey Marcoux, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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A counterintuitive climate defence: Harvesting forests to combat emissions
David T. Price and Robin Collins
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B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island’s Fairy Creek
A woman walks past an old growth tree in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Nature group buys sensitive Vancouver Island habitat to ensure it remains undeveloped
Old Growth tress in forest along Little Qualicum River
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Canfor reports $142M Q1 loss compared with a profit a year ago
Softwood lumber is pictured in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday, April 25, 2017. British Columbia forestry company Canfor says it is "restructuring" its operations in the province, permanently closing one sawmill and shuttering another for an extended period amid plans to build a new wood manufacturing facility. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. logging firm wants to avoid cutting old growth, but province said it must pay
Part of an old-growth deferral area is shown in one of Downie Timber's cut blocks north of Revelstoke, B.C. in this undated handout photo. The company wants to avoid logging sections of at-risk old growth but says it was told by the Crown corporation that manages B.C.'s public forests to cut the trees down or pay to leave them standing.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Eddie Petryshen *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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B.C. moves to fast-track its overdue old growth protection commitments
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, on Sunday, February 5, 2023. The City of Vancouver has announced $2.8 million in funding for Vancouver Coastal Health to bolster mental health outreach teams. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canfor restructures B.C. operations, shuts down Chetwynd and Houston sawmills
Softwood lumber is pictured in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday, April 25, 2017. British Columbia forestry company Canfor says it is "restructuring" its operations in the province, permanently closing one sawmill and shuttering another for an extended period amid plans to build a new wood manufacturing facility. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. valley of ancient trees, rare animals preserved in deal with forest firm
A valley of intact forests, lakes and wetlands in southeastern British Columbia, shown in a handout photo, is being preserved in an agreement with governments, First Nations, a forest company and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Paul Zizka **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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B.C. to dedicate some provincial timber supply to value-added industry
B.C. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bruce Ralston, speaks after being named to the position after a provincial government cabinet shuffle, in Vancouver, on January 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Preparing for ‘Firmageddon,’ researchers watch B.C.’s forests for die-offs and droughts
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Eby promises $50-million to help get fire-damaged wood to B.C. mills
.C. Premier David Eby is promising $50 million in the upcoming budget to help get fire-damaged wood out of hard-to-reach areas of the forests to pulp mills. Eby speaks in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. promises $90-million for innovative projects for forest-dependent communities
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. The B.C. government is promising up to $90 million over three years towards new industrial and manufacturing projects in response to the forest industry downturn. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. timber industry in throes of change, as Premier David Eby warns of ‘exhausted forests’
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is cutting a shift a three B.C. mills as it reduces production because of lack of timber supplies. Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. court rules forestry company must pay $343,000 cost of 2016 wildfire suppression
Flames rage through a smoke cover the Pelican Complex fire, north of Nazko, B.C., about 90 km west of Quesnel, B.C., on Sunday Aug. 15, 2010 in this photo released on Tuesday.
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Giant trees still fall amid old-growth funding lag for B.C. First Nations
TJ Watt stands beside a giant red cedar tree, left, before (in September of 2021) and after (in May of 2022) it was cut in an old-growth forest in the Caycuse watershed in Ditidaht First Nation territory on Vancouver Island, B.C. in this combination handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, TJ Watt *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Alberta merging parks with forestry raises environmentalist concerns
Todd Loewen shakes hands with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith after he was sworn into cabinet as minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. Loewen say his focus will be on ensuring the province's parks are more accessible to people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Alberta parks ministry to focus on tourism and opening new campgrounds
Todd Loewen shakes hands with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith after he was sworn into cabinet as minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. Loewen say his focus will be on ensuring the province's parks are more accessible to people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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UBC, Wet’suwet’en First Nation team up to develop biodegradable packing foam
UBC and Wet’suwet’en First Nation collaborate to create new packaging foam from wood waste. UBC professor Dr. Feng Jiang holding samples of the biodegradable foam. Lou Bosshart/UBC
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Carbon emissions from forestry masked by government accounting: report
Fresh cut sawdust is seen from a tree cut from a cut block near the "heli camp" in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C., Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. A new analysis suggests Canada is underestimating greenhouse gas emissions from forestry, which it says equal those from Alberta's oilsands in some years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. Indigenous conservation plan gets private backing
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Rare lichen enlisted in old-growth logging battle
A shot from above the Bugaboo Main logging road where forest defender Josh Wright first spotted specklebelly lichen, left of road, between Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran area that contains old growth which is an indicator of a unique area with high biodiversity near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
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U.S. removing tariffs on Canadian solar panels, as USMCA trade reps meet in Vancouver
Solar panels at the construction site of the Canada’s biggest solar farm Travers Solar, near Vulcan, Alberta, November 9, 2021. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Tree crimes and misdemeanours: How B.C.’s forests have become flashpoints for poachers and protesters alike
Lyndsie Bourgon
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Once sidelined from forestry in their traditional territory, Huu-ay-aht First Nations are now a significant player with plans to expand
A dry land sort at Sarita Bay on the west coast of Vancouver Island, purchased by Huu-ay-aht First Nations in 2017. Credit Wendy Stueck/The Globe and Mail
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B.C. wants First Nations to reach consensus before old-growth logging deferred on shared lands
 Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Forest fire in northeast Ontario community forces residents to evacuate