Business

Delegates to B.C. Community Forest Association’s 2011 conference and annual general meeting recently received some sage advice from one of the province’s oldest and most respected community forest companies.

The B.C. government is extending its interim forest and range agreements with aboriginal people to include a new 25-year woodland licence for Crown forests.

It was fun for the whole family.

Major renos planned before U.S. retailer arrives in 2013

The future of Burns Lake's Keyoh Dechun Ilah (KDI) finger jointing mill is uncertain.

Pinnacle Pellet located just outside of Burns Lake are set to ramp up production over the next month.

A discussion forum held at the Comfor Management Services Ltd. office last week between local buyers and sellers of forest products and the proponents of the proposed 'Bridges Project' website resulted in only a moderate turn out.

Sunshine Inn Ltd. was given the go-ahead to construct a 36 room hotel at the end of the month, with some conditions by council.

Chinese interests are looking at opening three new underground coal mines in B.C.’s northeast that domestic companies don’t have the expertise to operate, said Jobs Minister Pat Bell.