Canada is a big country with big landscapes, and nowhere more so than in British Columbia. Here, at the most westerly point of the country, where the ocean stretches ever-onwards to Asia, a hike is ...

British Columbia Forest Minister Steve Thomson (Photo courtesy B.C. Legislature) A similar initiative, Bill 8, was proposed before the 2013 election by MLA Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands ...

A review of forest practices in British Columbia suggests overhauling the rules that govern where logging is allowed. Photo by Jonathan Hayward, the Canadian Press. A forest advisory council has ...

B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar has begun imposing deadlines on some First Nations to try to speed up the drawn-out creation of new regional forestry plans. A curated booklist to suit varied ...

This summer has seen a violent outbreak of forest fires across Canada and North America. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC), there were 911 active fires across the ...

Canfor Corp. recently announced the permanent closure of its Polar sawmill in Bear Lake, B.C., and the suspension of its planned $200 million reinvestment in its Houston, B.C. mill. That came on the ...

When you pull on your boots and step into the deep greens of BC’s thriving coastal rainforest, there’s a palpable sense of release. Your shoulders loosen, your thoughts unscramble and your priorities ...

A federal task force announced earlier this month will attempt to save Canada’s stricken forest industry from further decline through product and market diversification. While the support will no ...

Drive up British Columbia’s Sea-to-Sky Highway, asphalt quickly gives way to raging rivers, mountain lakes and volcanic peaks with foreboding names like The Black Tusk and Cloudburst Mountain. Past ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. British Columbia’s ruling New Democratic Party last autumn pledged to conserve 353,000 hectares (1,363 square miles) of old-growth forest. But so ...