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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
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B.C. premier stresses importance of co-operation within forestry sector
Premier John Horgan answers questions during a news conference in the press theatre at the legislature in Victoria, Friday, March 11, 2022. Horgan says the only way the provincial forest industry will grow is through partnerships with First Nations and industry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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B.C. announces $19-Million in funding to Forests Ministry to fight climate change
A defaced road sign of a logging truck is seen near the protest site of Fairy Creek on southern Vancouver Island on Oct. 4, 2021. British Columbia’s forest minister Katrine Conroy says the province is working to implement a strategic review of B.C.’s old-growth management and is working with First Nations and other partners to develop a new long-term strategy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
A worker stacks lumber at the Partap Forest Products mill in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year as part of ongoing talks to develop a new revenue-sharing model Indigenous leaders say is encouraging, but a future higher share is expected.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. man calling for meeting on old-growth logging has ‘death-watch monitors’ on Day 23 of hunger strike
Howard Breen, of Nanaimo, shown in this undated handout image, says he has been on a hunger strike for 23 days and won't stop protesting against old-growth logging until B.C.'s forests minister agrees to a public meeting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Save Old Growth **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Conservation group appeals to Canadians to help buy Ontario land twice the size of Toronto
The Nature Conservancy of Canada aims to purchase a swath of boreal forest located to the east and south of Hearst, Ont. in hopes of turning it into Canada’s largest privately protected natural space
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Canadians love forests. So why don’t they feel the same way about foresters?
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
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B.C. defers logging across an additional 1.7 million hectares of at-risk old growth
A dog walker next to a Grand Fir tree, (left), at Francis/King Regional Park in Saanich, B.C., on May 26, 2016. British Columbia's forests minister says the province has worked with First Nations to defer almost 1.7 million additional hectares of at-risk old-growth forests. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Canadians want forest protections but are concerned about jobs, survey finds
The clouds move among the old-growth forest in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. A new national survey suggests Canadians of all political stripes and from all regions support greater protection for the country's forests but are concerned about its effect on the economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Climate change fight should shift to look at forest policy, scientist says
A couple are dwarfed by old growth tress as they walk in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C.,Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. An environmental organization is offering cautious support for an announcement that the largest private landowner in British Columbia will defer 400 square kilometres of old-growth stands from logging for the next 25 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Canada urged to protect forests as part of plan to reduce carbon emissions
A logging truck near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Thursday, September 9, 2021. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
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B.C. wildfire service to increase prevention work from backyards to forests
Wildland firefighter Ty Feldinger works on steep terrain to put out hot spots remaining from a controlled burn on Okanagan Indian Band land, northwest of Vernon, B.C., Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.The director of provincial operations for British Columbia's wildfire service says B.C. needs a "holistic," large-scale program to reduce fire risk, starting from backyards, then to surrounding communities and extending to forested lands. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Mosaic Forest halts logging on some of its timberlands as it opts to sell carbon credits
Fresh cut lumber is pictured stacked in British Columbia Thursday, April 25, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Lost in the B.C. woods for 74 days, Bear Henry thankful to forestry workers for rescue
Thirty years ago, surveyors for a logging company started mapping out the H’kusam forest on northern Vancouver Island, near the village of Sayward. In a region where commercial forestry had already reduced the once-vast stands of forests to remnants, the local First Nations stepped in to protect the site, where they have traditionally harvested old growth cedars for clothing, canoes, houses and totems.
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B.C. forest watchdog recommends improving forest management to protect water
Workers use heavy equipment to clear logs from the Fraser River debris trap along the swollen Fraser River, near Agassiz, B.C., on Wednesday May 16, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. First Nations’ deal with forestry company may offer a model for protecting - some - old-growth trees
Thirty years ago, surveyors for a logging company started mapping out the H’kusam forest on northern Vancouver Island, near the village of Sayward. In a region where commercial forestry had already reduced the once-vast stands of forests to remnants, the local First Nations stepped in to protect the site, where they have traditionally harvested old growth cedars for clothing, canoes, houses and totems.
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Four B.C. First Nations make deal with Western Forests to defer old-growth logging
A couple are dwarfed by old growth trees as they walk in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Oct. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Industrial development giving coyotes an edge in wolverine habitat, study finds
A coyote walks down the sidewalk in Hastings, Neb.on June 12, 2016. Recent studies of coyotes, foxes, and rodents in the province have found a high incidence of infected wild animals in areas across Alberta, including urban off leash dog parks in Calgary. The infection is spread through the feces of coyotes and foxes that have eaten infected rodents and dogs and cats can get the infection through contact and spread it to their human masters.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Laura Beahm -The Hastings Tribune
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B.C. First Nations push for revamp of province’s forestry policies
Logged trees sit near the base of Elephant Hill in Ashcroft, B.C., on Jan. 10, 2022. Aaron Hemens/The Globe and Mail
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B.C. lumber producers on a roller-coaster ride as prices rebound again
FILE PHOTO: Finished lumber is seen at West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter/File Photo
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B.C. hears from 161 First Nations on plans for old-growth logging deferrals
People who have declared themselves “Land Defenders” sing a song as they guard an area of a logging cut block called “Heli Camp” in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The group is protesting the logging of the areas old growth forest. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Nova Scotia still clear-cutting too much of its forests: report
A harvested tree stand marks a sharp contrast with forested areas on Higgins Mountain in Nova Scotia's Wentworth Valley on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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We can’t ignore the role deforestation plays in triggering devastating floods
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
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B.C. makes big commitment to save old-growth trees from further logging
Ancient Forest Alliance campaigner and photographer TJ Watt beside an old-growth Douglas-fir tree planned BC Timber Sales cutblock that is now deferred from logging in the Nahmint Valley near Port Alberni. Credit to TJ Watt / Ancient Forest Alliance
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Indonesia signals about-face on COP26 zero-deforestation pledge
FILE PHOTO: A view of deforestation on Indonesia's Sumatra island, August 5, 2010. Indonesia and Australia launched a A$30 million project to fight deforestation in Sumatra as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost a planned forest-carbon trading scheme on March this year. Indonesia, like Brazil, is on the front line of efforts to curb deforestation that is a major contributor to mankind's greenhouse gas emissions that scientists blame for heating up the planet. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo
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Western Canada: As world leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030 at COP26, B.C. plots a path to reduce old-growth logging
Fresh sawdust is seen from a tree cut near near Port Renfrew, B.C. Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Deforestation done well: Gabon’s green logging laws offer COP26 countries a path to climate action
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British Columbia seeks to suspend one-third of old-growth logging
A logging truck is seen driving past the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. Forest Practices Board chair says proposed changes to forestry policy ‘a start’
The clouds move among the old growth forest near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The chair of British Columbia's forest watchdog, the Forest Practices Board, says he was pleased to see a bill introduced with proposed changes to the Forest and Range Practices Act that could "reassert the public interest" in forestry decisions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Fairy Creek protesters vow to carry on despite new injunction
A group blocks a logging road in the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Teal Cedar Products asks B.C. court for one-year injunction extension at Fairy Creek
Over seventy land defenders locked arms and legs to form a human blockade preventing forestry workers from harvesting the last of the old growth forest in the area near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Thursday, September 9, 2021. RCMP say that 71 arrests were made that day with 13 being formally charged. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail