BC INTERIOR NEWS
Mackenzie in shock over mill closure
May 6, 2008
About 260 workers are impacted by the pulp mill shutdown in Mackenzie, 175 kilometres north of Prince George, a community already hard-hit by a forestry downturn.
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Pine beetles create new hazard
April 28, 2008
Tinder-dry wood could explode if sparked.
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DNA links at least 17 people to B.C. iceman
April 26, 2008
Direct descendants of the ancient 'iceman' found in a B.C. glacier in 1999 are living in northern B.C., Yukon and Alaska today, DNA testing has found.
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Interfor reports loss, expects weaker prices
April 26, 2008
International Forest Products warned Friday that it expects weaker prices in the coming months for products that have so far been immune to the U.S. housing slump, putting an even tighter squeeze on the company's earnings.
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10-digit dialing expands in June
April 24, 2008
If you live outside the Lower Mainland and haven't had to dial 10 digits to make a local call, you'd better start thinking about reprogramming that auto-dial.
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In British Columbia, a beetle upsets climate calculus
April 24, 2008
A record infestation of beetles is turning western Canada's forests from a carbon sink into a CO2 source.
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Enderby Council demands answers on meat processing regulations
April 23, 2008
Phillips remains opposed to a system that forces meat to be processed in centralized locations and prevents consumers from purchasing meat right at the farm.
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Natives protest B.C. resort
April 18, 2008
Five Indian bands in B.C.'s Interior have come together to oppose a ski resort proposed by a Calgary developer.
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West Fraser to idle Quesnel finger joint mill
April 17, 2008
The facility, which was already operating on only a one-shift basis, will be idled next month.
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Carbon Tax Screws BC's North?
April 4, 2008
Finance Minister Taylor defends its fairness, rural or not.
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$7 million in support for Interior colleges, students
April 3, 2008
Students from communities across the Southern Interior of B.C., entering a wide range of trades, technology and academic programs at four institutions will have access to $6.94 million in support over the next three years, as the result of the single largest donation for student awards in the history of Thompson Rivers University, Okanagan College, Selkirk College and College of the Rockies.
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Oldest cattle ranch in B.C. sold to Douglas Lake Cattle Company
April 3, 2008
This transaction ensures the future of Alkali Lake Ranch as a cattle operation with owners who are responsible ‘stewards of the land’; people who care about the grasslands, the preservation of the ‘cowboy lifestyle’ and the heritage of the ‘oldest cattle ranch in BC’.
Full story Billion-dollar mine proposed for northeast B.C.
March 31, 2008
Terrane Metals announced on Monday that the final feasibility study for its Mount Milligan project near Mackenzie favours it as economically and environmentally sound.
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Natural gas bonanza for B.C.
March 28, 2008
Key parcels in the March sale were three drilling licenses located in the Horn River Basin area about 45 kilometres north of Fort Nelson, with bid totals of $22.9 million, $15.8 million and $12.4 million for the trio.
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Low snowpack in Interior may affect water supply
March 25, 2008
The B.C. River Forecast Centre says the Okanagan, Kettle, Similkameen and Nicola basins could see below normal stream-flow and water supply because the area has only received 86 per cent of its annual average snowfall this year.
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Expert says B.C. pine beetles have run out of food, stopping epidemic
March 25, 2008
Doug Routledge, the council's vice-president of forestry, said the pine beetle populations are making their way across the Rocky Mountains into Alberta because the pine stands have collapsed in many areas of B.C.
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OPINION: CO2, Trees and Electricity
There is a myth being put about by the provincial government, logging companies and bioenergy investors. If it were harmless, this myth would not be so bad, but this myth has the potential to cause great harm to us and our children.- Chilcotin Ark
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