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Supporting wood manufacturing in Chemainus, Cumberland
Dec. 18, 2025 CHEMAINUS Summary Two Vancouver Island wood manufacturers receive a total of nearly $8 million from the BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund to accelerate production of value-added wood products Western Forest Products’ Value Added Division in Chemainus will build two continuous dry kilns to expand high-value products and create new opportunities for second-growth hemlock […]
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Forestry is a Solution | 2026 COFI Convention – Tree Frog creative
December 16, 2025 Join industry, government, First Nations, and community leaders at the 2026 COFI Convention as we focus on rebuilding competitiveness and shaping a more resilient future for BC’s forest sector. British Columbia’s forest sector is at a crossroads — facing tough challenges, but also leading the way in solutions that matter most to […]
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Historic agreement will strengthen forestry-sector stability on north Island
Dec. 15, 2025 ALERT BAY Summary: An agreement made under Section 7 of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act to advance reconciliation and support predictable, sustainable forestry operations on the north Island ‘Na̲mg̲is First Nation and B.C. will use the agreement to jointly establish Forest Landscape Plans and approve associated Forest Operations Plans […]
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2,000-year-old yellow cedar harvested near Gold River, despite being protection – Tofino/Ucluelet Westerly News
December 15, 2025 Filmmaker and conservationist Joshua Wright was hiking in the Black Creek valley south of Gold River last summer when he came across one of the biggest yellow cedar trees he had ever seen. “It felt like I had died and gone to heaven,” said Wright of trekking through one of the last […]
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Domtar Wood Products announces temporary curtailment of lumber production
Montréal, Quebec, December 3rd, 2025 – Domtar Wood Products (“Domtar”) announced today a curtailment in its lumber production. Due to challenging market conditions and ongoing economic uncertainty, Domtar will temporarily reduce its lumber production by 100 million board feet for the fourth quarter of 2025, including additional curtailments for the holiday season, at its facilities […]
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First Nations Deepen Collaboration Through Forestry Field Tours – CFNR Network
Dec 2, 2025 Nk’Mip Forestry, the forestry division of the Osoyoos Indian Band, and Central Chilcotin Rehabilitation Ltd. (CCR) have strengthened their Nation-to-Nation collaboration through a pair of detailed forestry field tours in the Cariboo Chilcotin and South Okanagan. CCR is a joint venture of Tŝideldel First Nation, Tl’etinqox Government, and Yunesit’in Government. The exchange […]
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B.C. hosting national wildfire symposium
Nov. 25, 2025 VANCOUVER – Updated on Nov. 25, 2025 Summary: B.C. has invited stakeholders, experts, Indigenous partners and government representatives from throughout the country to a wildfire symposium in Vancouver on Dec. 5, 2025 Focus will be the 2025 wildfire season, wildfire technology, active forest management and national readiness for future wildfires Includes advancing discussions […]
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Building momentum through forestry trade mission
Nov. 19, 2025 Summary: More than 60 delegates travelled throughout Japan and South Korea as part of the largest forestry trade mission Three memoranda of understanding signed Twenty site visits, tours and meetings Delegates from B.C.’s largest forestry trade mission to Asia have returned home, bringing back business deals, signed agreements and deeper ties with key trading partners in […]
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Omineca residents invited to help guide future of forest stewardship
Nov. 10, 2025 MACKENZIE – Local residents are invited to share their input on the development of the Mackenzie forest landscape plan (FLP), which will guide long-term forest management in the area. “This is an opportunity for Mackenzie residents to share what matters most about your forests,” said Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests. “Forests are […]
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West Fraser Reduces Lumber Capacity
VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 6, 2025 – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (“West Fraser” or the “Company”) (TSX: WFG) (NYSE: WFG) announced today that it will permanently close both its Augusta, Georgia and 100 Mile House, British Columbia lumber mills by the end of 2025 following an orderly wind-down. Today’s decision is the result of timber […]
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