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Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:30 AM
Effective immediately, the allowable annual cut for the Strathcona Timber Supply Area is 1,138,000 cubic metres.
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Friday, December 11, 2015 10:30 AM
When the holiday season rolls around, it’s easy to forget that without B.C. resources such as wood products and minerals, many of the gifts you see would not be sitting under your Christmas tree.
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Saturday, December 5, 2015 9:30 AM
The B.C. government’s ongoing efforts to develop international markets for the province’s forest product industry took another step forward, as Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson welcomed two more development agreements with two departments of the Shanghai Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Administration Commission.
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Friday, December 4, 2015 7:30 AM
In the bustling port city of Dalian, about 450 kilometres southeast of Beijing, British Columbia sometimes doesn’t seem all that far away. Delegates from the 2015 Forestry Asia Trade Mission experienced that feeling first-hand as they toured two factories where B.C. lumber is manufactured into products for the Chinese marketplace.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2015 7:30 AM
The Canadian and B.C. governments renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Chinese National Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The memorandum is an important part of developing and growing markets for high-quality, sustainably produced Canadian wood products.
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015 7:30 AM
The BC Wood Specialties Group (BC Wood), which promotes the use of British Columbian wood products internationally, has a brand-new office and showroom in the heart of Tokyo to highlight the quality of value-added wood products from British Columbia.
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Monday, November 30, 2015 7:30 AM
Forestry trade mission delegates got a close-up look at how British Columbia’s wood product technology and building expertise is being used in a new elderly care facility in Tokyo, Japan.
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Sunday, November 29, 2015 9:30 AM
Heavy timbers made of high-quality British Columbian hemlock feature prominently in a spectacular wood frame home that Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson and 2015 Forestry Asia trade mission delegates visited in Tsukuba, Japan.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015 1:00 PM
Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson has announced the reappointment of William B. McGill as vice-chair and Ralph Archibald as part-time board member of the Forest Practices Board for terms of two years each.
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Thursday, November 19, 2015 11:26 AM
Premier Christy Clark has tasked Minister Steve Thomson with annual forestry trade missions to Asia to continue diversifying markets for B.C. wood exports. These annual missions are a cornerstone of the joint provincial-federal-industry market developments in Asia.
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