Truck Loggers Association kicks off 75th convention in Victoria

January 18, 2018
Category: Today's Takeaway

The BC Truck Loggers Association (TLA) dominates today’s news with the start of its 75th convention in Victoria. A sampling of the headlines include: Softwood lumber dispute top of mind at this week’s TLA convention; Despite lumber dispute there remains a sense of optimism among contractors; TLA members waiting for word on review of the viability of logging contractors; and [says David Elstone] “we’re in it for the long haul“.

In Business news: Federal Minister Jim Carr announced funding for forest sector innovation and diversification at the BC Natural Resources Forum; BC Premier John Horgan says the sector “can still do wonders” even though it’s facing hard times; Nathalie Des Rosiers is Ontario’s new Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry; and coverage on Tolko, JD Irving and Port Hawkesbury Paper.

Finally, Oregon celebrates America’s first “domestically fabricated CLT building” and the wood fibres in China’s thin-walled Flamenco Ice Tower make the ice “three times stronger than ice alone”.

— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor

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