Protestors flood BC Hydro Site C ‘consultation’ meeting

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Representatives from BC Hydro were in the middle of explaining aspects of the proposed Site C dam when about 20 protestors armed with cowbells and large banners saying ‘Save the Peace’, flooded the 2 p.m. meeting at the North Peace Cultural centre.
They marched around the room once, then left after about five minutes to [...]

Timber company to log on border of Cathedral Grove

Cutting expected to begin within days, firm says
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist; With files from Canwest News Services
Island Timberlands plans to log old-growth forest on the edge of Cathedral Grove.
The company, which owns private forest land around the 300-hectare MacMillan Provincial Park outside Port Alberni, will be harvesting about 7,500 cubic metres of timber in an [...]

Forest industry losses accelerate

Scott Simpson, Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER – The Canadian forest industry is ‘awash in a sea of red ink’ with western producers seeing losses reach $500 million in the first six months of 2008 compared to $74 million a year ago.
Demand for lumber is crashing in the United States, which is British Columbia¹s primary wood market, as [...]