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Author: Gordon Hamilton

Forestry
  • Forestry
8 MIN READ

Urbanites flock to BC’s coast to experience the life of a logger

When eco-tourists go on a wildlife-viewing trip with the Homalco First Nation, Shawn O’Connor wants them to see more than grizzly bears
Forestry
  • Forestry
10 MIN READ

BC’S low-profile forestry sector still an economic powerhouse

A new study shows that while it has declined in overall importance, it is still the largest manufacturer in the province, adding
Forestry
  • Forestry
12 MIN READ

It’s ‘glory days’ for heavy wood timber in British Columbia

When Structurlam president Bill Downing talks about wood and the expanding role he sees for it in commercial and institutional buildings, he
Oil & Gas | Reconciliation
  • Oil & Gas, Reconciliation
10 MIN READ

Northern resource development brings life-changing decisions, opportunities

Seaspan CEO Jonathan Whitworth gazes out across Douglas Channel towards a marine jetty reaching out from the Kitimat shoreline and listens to
Forestry
  • Forestry
7 MIN READ

UBC forestry leads the revival and rethinking of BC’s biggest industry

The faculty is going through a revival at the University of British Columbia, drawing a new wave of urban students like Robert
Forestry
  • Forestry
10 MIN READ

Building a better life on the banks of the Fraser River

Sawmill worker Hasrat Begg has a son with a master’s degree teaching at Simon Fraser University and a daughter with a diploma
Forestry
  • Forestry
11 MIN READ

No longer just hewers of wood and drawers of water

This generation of young professionals is shattering stereotypes about what it means to be a resource worker
Forestry
  • Forestry
13 MIN READ

Economy spins around urban log brokers

From his office in New Westminster, Probyn Log vice-president Bill Markvoort is about as far from the woods as you can get,