Western Forest Products says tree licence controversy shouldn’t stop land sales

Brenda Bouw, THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – Western Forest Products Inc. (TSX:WEF) doesn’t expect a now-controversial provincial government decision that allowed it to pull tracts of private land from three publicly managed tree-farm licence areas will stop their sale.
The Duncan, B.C.-based forestry firm, which has been hammered by the depressed lumber market due to the U.S. housing crisis, is selling off property in an attempt to raise cash and stay afloat during the current industry downturn.

First Nations may trump environmentalists

Keith Baldrey, Special To North Shore News
There is a sense of inevitability associated with the looming fight between First Nations and this province’s environmental movement.
I’ve always thought it was just a matter of time before the two camps — once linked arm-in-arm in protests over land use — would square off over an issue pitting economic self-interest against environmental protection.