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  VICTORIA -- Video has emerged of a tense altercation between forestry workers and activists trying to prevent old-growth logging on Vancouver Island. The activists say a young Indigenous person was injured during the standoff with 10 workers in the Walbran Valley, near Port Renfrew, on Tuesday. The region has been the site of ongoing blockades by the Rainforest Flying Squad, a group that is opposed to old-growth logging on Vancouver Island. The B.C. Supreme Court granted an injunction ...

They said Lake Cowichan RCMP and WorkSafe B.C. have been notified and the logging contractor is being asked to investigate the role of its employees in the incident, in which a young Indigenous man sustained minor injuries. Huumiis and Western also said they are appointing a special adviser to review the incident and that the United Steelworkers — the main union of Island forestry workers — is co-operating with the probe. TFL 44 Limited Partnership said all logging in the area has been paus...

Share this article PORT ALBERNI, BC, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -  Huumiis Ventures Limited Partnership ("Huumiis"), a limited partnership beneficially owned by the Huu-ay-aht First Nations ("Huu-ay-aht"), and Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX: WEF) ("Western") announced today the completion of Huumiis acquisition of an incremental 28 per cent ownership interest in TFL 44 Limited Partnership ("TFL 44 LP") and TFL 44 LPs general partner, TFL 44 General Partner Inc. ("TFL 44 GP") from Western, for...

Dividend retention policies are undermining the case for Reits investment By Edward West Share CAPE TOWN - DIVIDEND retention policies among South Africa’s real estate investment trusts (Reit) may undermine their equity investment case over the medium term, GCR Ratings said in a credit research report yesterday. This was in spite of the fact that GCR believed that retaining dividends was supportive of the credit profile of Reits, the credit rating agency said in a research note. By law Rei...

Huumiis already owns a 7% stake in TFL 44, which contains 780,000 cubic metres of allowable cut around Great Central Lake and Alberni Inlet. The acquisition plan would bump ownership up to 35% and give the Huu-ay-aht company three of the seven seats on the TFL 44 board with Western Forest Products. Huu-ay-aht councillor John Jack said the deal represents an investment of $22.4 million, and lays the groundwork for an eventual majority share to be considered in the first quarter of 2023. The ...

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TWO Inverclyde bands are gearing up to raise money for lifeline organisations in an online gig this weekend.

Cattle at "the blow hole" being driven up the coast to Paturau. Stock trucks today make the movement of stock around the country an everyday affair. But the horse-mounted droving of farm animals up and down the country were real feats which will never be seen again. Mobs being driven through small towns and rural localities were commonplace, the reason sturdy front fences and gates became common across the country. Local farmers often helped out with the musters as they went through - snort...

Judith Wright Lehman, 74, of Benton, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Twp. Born in Mineola, N.Y., to the late William and Catherine Wright, she lived most of her life in the Back Mountain and graduated from Dallas High School. After spending one year at Bryn Mawr College, she left to marry and have children, becoming a stay-at-home mom while settling in West Pittston. During motherhood, she realized her passion and became a foster mother to numer...

SONA 2021: Ramaphosa calls for economic recovery and reform, now property experts want action By Bonny Fourie Share President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for the prioritisation of economic recovery and reform in his State of the Nation Address this evening is just what property leaders wanted to hear – and now they need these words to be backed up by action. The industry also needs more government support if it is to play a role in this recovery. “As a major employer, the property ind...