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Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:50 PM
The Government of British Columbia welcomed a long-term export contract for B.C. forest products that will create long-term stable jobs for forest workers and forest-dependent communities.
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 9:05 AM
Government is implementing an interim moratorium on new resource development in parts of northeastern British Columbia, while providing more time to protect jobs and support workers as it engages with affected communities and industries on long-term caribou protection strategies.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019 1:15 PM
One year following the signing of the first-ever tripartite Collaborative Emergency Management Agreement (CEMA), the Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG), Indigenous Services Canada and the B.C. government are announcing the release of a comprehensive wildfire report by the Tŝilhqot’in Nation, setting out findings and calls to action on emergency management practices.
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Friday, April 5, 2019 1:22 PM
The British Columbia government is launching a regionally driven renewal of the province’s Interior forest industry, aimed at developing a competitive, sustainable future for forest companies, workers and communities.
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:40 AM
The Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. is providing nearly $3.4 million to support a range of projects to improve unproductive forests or forests that have been damaged by wildfires or pests.
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:35 AM
To create and support good jobs in British Columbia’s forest sector, government is investing $7.9 million to promote and grow markets for B.C. wood products at home and abroad.
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Friday, January 18, 2019 3:30 PM
As a result of the final phase of the logging contractor sustainability review, the ministry will amend the Timber Harvesting Contract and Subcontract Regulation to make forest-sector contractors and licensees more sustainable and competitive in the long term.
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:15 PM
To create and support good jobs in British Columbia’s coastal forest sector, government is making policy changes to increase the processing of B.C. logs on the coast and to reduce wood waste by redirecting it to B.C.’s pulp and paper mills.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 10:43 AM
The Government of British Columbia is providing $404,500 in grants to help manage the spread of invasive plants in Metro Vancouver and the Sea to Sky region, Shane Simpson, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings, announced on behalf of Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018 6:30 PM
The following statement has been issued jointly by Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources Operations and Rural Development Doug Donaldson, Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Scott Fraser, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman, and the Mamalilikulla First Nation, ‘Namgis First Nation, Dzawada’enuxw First Nation and Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nations:
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