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Seven months after more than 150 homes were destroyed in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, the province’s Natural Resources and Renewables Department is still saying very little about their investigation into what may have caused the devastating wildfire.
“Logging rules in Alberta are pretty antiquated – companies have a lot of sway,” Villeneuve said. “The rules they created 60 years ago are probably not sound, scientifically.”
“Logging rules in Alberta are pretty antiquated – companies have a lot of sway,” Villeneuve said. “The rules they created 60 years ago are probably not sound, scientifically.”
The investigation into the wildfires in Shelburne County and Upper Tantallon that broke out on May 27 and 28 is still continuing, but the department of natural resources says it can't release information about its progress.
Rick Doucett says the private woodlot sector in New Brunswick is on the verge of economic collapse, a troubling situation that the province’s new forest strategy fails to address.