B.C. wood high-rise is the talk of Asia

#BCForestFuture series: Structurlam of Penticton has builders and engineers asking questions in Japan and China

Dec 7, 2016 5:00 PM Read more >

China moves to stop illegal logging trade

Beijing shifts toward sustainable lumber certification

Dec 2, 2016 8:00 AM Read more >

Chamber Awards nomination deadline extended

Nominate a business for a Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce Award by Dec. 7

Dec 1, 2016 12:00 PM Read more >

B.C. looks to China as U.S. lumber lobby retaliates

Chinese government's pollution targets may give edge to wood construction over steel or concrete

Nov 30, 2016 7:00 AM Read more >

Budget surplus hits $2.24 billion, but B.C. braces for schools settlement

Finance minister Mike de Jong won't say how much of a hit is expected from teachers' court win

Nov 29, 2016 7:00 AM Read more >

B.C. log home maker has deep roots in Japan

Reconstruction continues in fishing village wiped off map by tsunami's wall of water

Nov 28, 2016 8:00 PM Read more >

B.C. tall trees help restore Japan's tall ship

Timber from Port Alberni helped Japanese museum replace historic ship masts destroyed in tsunami

Nov 27, 2016 9:00 AM Read more >

B.C. braces for new U.S. lumber trade action

Notice of American litigation follows expiry of last Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement in October

Nov 25, 2016 11:00 AM Read more >

Log scanning pioneered to find flaws in timber

Skeena Sawmills wants to be B.C.'s first mill to use CT scanning technology to produce high-grade wood from lower-grade stands

Nov 23, 2016 4:00 PM Read more >

Longer trucks save forest companies money, fuel

BC FOREST FUTURE: Nine-axle log trucks reduce costs, carbon emissions on longer hauls needed in areas affected by mountain pine beetle

Nov 22, 2016 2:00 PM Read more >