Forestry or no forestry?

Mills close, towns shrink, and the same problem goes unfixed. B.C.’s forest industry doesn’t need another paper plan.

In New Hazelton, neighbours answered the vandals

A pipeline office was splashed with red paint over the weekend. Before the company could even respond, townspeople showed up to wash it off.

Roots that still hold

In Mackenzie, Mayor Joan Atkinson reflects on forestry’s past, its pressures today, and why community connection must shape its future

‘We would not survive without forestry,’ says Castlegar mayor

Four years in office changed how Maria McFaddin sees the industry—and now she wants governments to stop treating it as a problem

Forestry still shapes B.C.

New economic report shows the sector’s reach extends deep into urban life, even as downturn pressures rural communities.

Terrace carries the weight

Mayor Sean Bujtas says northern resource communities have long powered B.C.’s economy and deserve the chance to do so again

‘The forest industry has been the lifeblood of Mackenzie’

With mills shutting down and the tax base shrinking, Peter Kyllo argues that stable policy, not protection, is what resource towns need to survive

Holding the line in Cariboo-Chilcotin

Lorne Doerkson warns that mill closures and permitting delays are reshaping communities across British Columbia

Backing the backbone

Kiel Giddens on jobs, certainty and why resource communities still carry B.C.’s economy