Environmentalists reject forest reserve

By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
A plan by the province to create a commercial forest reserve is being attacked by environmentalists who fear it will put huge tracts of land off limits to future forest conservation.
Ken Wu, campaign director for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, called the commercial forest reserve announced this week by Premier Gordon [...]

B.C. forestry minister wants ’single face’ for China-bound exports

By Nathan VanderKlippe, Financial Post
BEIJING – The CEOs may not like it, but British Columbia’s Forestry Minister is setting out plans to radically remake his province’s approach to selling lumber in China.
Out, in Pat Bell’s plan, are competition and two-by-fours. In are joint marketing and metric sizes, which most B.C. mills are not currently configured [...]

Zoning issues to be discussed by CRD board

By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
A closed-door meeting of the Capital Regional District board will be held tomorrow to mull over options following a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that struck down zoning bylaws on the southwest corner of Vancouver Island.
A road to a subdivision just past Jordan River.
A closed-door meeting of the Capital Regional District [...]