The Haisla Nation have joined the Coastal First Nations Reconciliation Protocol, a move that will create economic opportunities for the Haisla people and increase certainty over the coastal land base for the First Nation, industry and government.

A new woodlot licence available near Gold River will increase forestry opportunities for small operators. The woodlot includes 740 hectares of Crown land near Hisnit Inlet, approximately 30 kilometres west of Gold River, and has a proposed allowable annual cut of 3,000 cubic metres.

Bill 19, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2011, was introduced in the legislature by Attorney General Shirley Bond. If passed, the amendments will affect the following provincial statutes.

British Columbia's strong run of export growth continued in September with nearly $3.2 billion worth of goods sent to international destinations during the month, an increase of 32 per cent compared with the value exported during September 2010.

British Columbia has broken another record in lumber exports to China this year - with shipments already surpassing 2010's final year-end record total, announced Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation.

Canada and B.C. targeted investments are supporting business development, innovation, food safety, and sustainability under the Growing Forward Agreement in the first quarter of fiscal 2011-12. Growing Forward is a five-year framework that co-ordinates federal, provincial and territorial agriculture policy.

The Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Statutes Amendment Act, 2011, introduced Oct. 4, 2011 will streamline processes under the Forest Act, Foresters Act and Resort Timber Administration Act.

TD is predicting a significant increase in lumber prices by 2013 - and has praised British Columbia's government for opening up new markets to counteract the slump in the U.S. housing market.

Thank a trucker the next time you pick something off the store shelf. Just about every product we use or consume arrives by truck.