by Web Editor | Jun 18, 2014 | News
The warning bell has been sounding for several years that the opportunity to extract economic value from pine beetle-killed trees would come to an end. West Fraser has focused on salvaging dead pine trees for almost 15 years and we remain committed to salvaging pine...
by Web Editor | Aug 9, 2013 | News
All indications are that the future may be bright for Western Forest Products, which operates two sawmills in Nanaimo, and the province’s forest industry after years of struggle. WFP, one of the largest forest companies in the province, reported in May that it...
by Web Editor | Jun 7, 2013 | News
B.C.’s Interior forestry industry is counting on cutting-edge sawmill technologies to soften the blow of the heavily reduced annual allowable cut anticipated in the wake of the mountain pine beetle infestation. “The worst-case scenario is that the [annual allowable...
by Web Editor | Jul 23, 2012 | News
More than $2.3 million is being invested this year in the Wood First program to broaden the use of B.C. wood products in commercial, government, and mid-rise buildings. The 2012-13 Wood First Investment Strategy allocates available Wood First funding to the following...