B.C. is negotiating earlier pensions for wildland firefighters helping align their benefits with those of other public-safety occupations while they protect communities from increasingly challenging wildfire activity.

Senior representatives from the British Columbia Lumber Trade Council (BCLTC) and officials from the Government of British Columbia met in Washington, D.C., this week for four days of critical hearings for the long-standing softwood lumber dispute.

British Columbia’s deputy chief forester has determined the allowable annual cut (AAC) level for Tree Farm Licence 41 (TFL) south of Terrace will remain at 128,000 cubic metres. 

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, has released the following statement regarding Canfor’s recent decisions to permanently close the Plateau sawmill in Vanderhoof and the Fort St. John sawmill, as well as to curtail operations in the southern United States:  

British Columbia’s deputy chief forester has set the new allowable annual cut (AAC) level for Tree Farm Licence 38 (TFL) located northwest of Squamish.

People are urged to continue to use caution and remain vigilant to prevent human-caused fires when enjoying the outdoors this Labour Day long weekend.

A popular recreational forest area in the Campbell River area is receiving some much-needed upgrades.

Bruce Ralston, Minister of Forests, has released the following statement:

Toquaht Nation and Uchucklesaht Tribe members on the west coast of Vancouver Island will have safer access to their communities with new improvements coming to forest service roads.