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Okanagan environmentalists frustrated with changes to timber salvage rules in wake of wildfires
Community members and environmental organizations recently gathered to discuss their discontent with the state of…
Why tree planting in BC is not reforestation
Tree planting in the wake of clear-cuts isn't as successful as it may seem and…
Senior photographs and reflects on decaying family sawmill in Kamloops backcountry
This spring avid outdoor enthusiast Darrel Frolek hiked for an hour through the bush near…
Merritt sawmill fined $70,000 for high-risk violation
A Merritt sawmill has been fined $70,000 for failing to have the correct safety features…
Canfor to shut down Vavenby sawmill next month
VAVENBY — Canfor Corporation has announced they will be closing its Vavenby sawmill in July.…
North Okanagan sawmill workshop gutted by fire
ENDERBY – Fire completely gutted the workshop of an Enderby sawmill yesterday evening. The fire…
Lumby man remembered for working hard, dreaming big and helping others
LUMBY – Ray Smyth put his heart into everything he did, whether it was volunteering…
WorkSafe BC report shows new dual-investigation tool following mill explosions
VICTORIA – Workplace disasters that kill or injure employees in British Columbia are now more likely to result in criminal charges with the introduction of a new investigation model that improves the chances of prosecutions, says a WorkSafeBC administrator.
Machinery running on graveyard shift the night teen worker died was an anomaly
VERNON - A Tolko employee knew two days in advance machines would be running during the ordinarily quiet graveyard clean-up shift to accommodate extra production, a coroner’s inquiry into the death of a Lumby teen heard Thursday. Bradley Haslam, 18, became entangled in a conveyer belt at Tolko’s Lavington mill in June 2013 and died....