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Posted: May 2, 2021 “Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Op-Ed Commentary John Horgan’s NDP government won’t say it officially, but a recent article circulating in the media makes it obvious he’s given the forest industry the green light to liquidate the remaining old growth timber in B.C. and cash in on current high lumber prices. The article entitled “A Strategy for Forests that Benefits All British Columbians,” claims less than one per cent of the timber left in the province is logged annually and only one-quarter of that is considered old growth. And who are the authors of this h...

A report last April urged B.C. to act within six months to defer harvesting in old forest ecosystems at the highest risk of permanent biodiversity loss

Posted: Jan 02, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 3 As British Columbia's stock of old growth trees dwindle, tensions have been rising between conservationists and loggers. All sides say changes need to be made for endangered ecosystems and the forestry industry to survive.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC) As the hereditary chief of the Kwakiutl First Nation, the forests and ocean waters off the north east coast of Vancouver Island are David Mungo Knox's sacred responsibility. He's lived his life gathering fish for his community and restoring his great grandfather's totem poles. But recently Kno...

Posted: Jan 02, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 3 As British Columbia's stock of old growth trees dwindle, tensions have been rising between conservationists and loggers. All sides say changes need to be made for endangered ecosystems and the forestry industry to survive.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC) As the hereditary chief of the Kwakiutl First Nation, the forests and ocean waters off the north east coast of Vancouver Island are David Mungo Knox's sacred responsibility. He's lived his life gathering fish for his community and restoring his great grandfather's totem poles. But recently Kno...

In a year-end interview, BC’s premier looks at challenges ahead for his majority government. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at . SHARES Premier John Horgan says Site C status won’t likely be known until ‘late January, February.’ Photo via the BC Government. Like many other provincial governments, British Columbia has poured unprecedented resources into responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it will be years before the...