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December 28, 2018 |
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Retirement-related turnover is the key factor supporting projected job vacancies over the next decade and is expected to reach 60 per cent in forestry and logging occupations in B.C. This issue is compounded by the fact that fewer young people are joining the forest industry, writes David Elstone, executive director of the TLA.
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Two years ago, CFI shared results from an inaugural contractor survey. This year, we followed up with a second survey. By comparing results from both surveys, it’s clear Canada’s contractors have roadblocks ahead of them if they are to have healthy, profitable futures in the industry.
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“It was either just run the other equipment into the ground and walk away, or dive in head first,” says Kris Heideman, vice-president of Eganville, Ont.-based Lavern Heideman & Sons Lumber, about the company’s recent $17 million upgrade. The company has expanded to accommodate a new large-log line, as well as dry kilns and space for their planer mill.
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For as long as filers have been hammering saws, the manufacturers have sent smiling representatives out into the wild seeking the fertile ground of working filing rooms to sew their seeds of promise. But today, there is a real fear amongst sawfilers that perhaps the era of one-on-one interaction with a direct representative from the supplier could come to an end, writes Trevor Shpeley, a former executive of the BC Saw Filers Association.
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Enabling the next generation to succeed is the only way to preserve the future of any industry. CFI is proud to introduce our sixth consecutive annual Top 10 forestry leaders under 40 years old.
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Like many successful loggers, Liz Bernier and Joel St. Onge had the operations side of their business nailed down. They had the growth curve to prove it. Yet as they grew, they outgrew some of their business practices. That’s where the Business Skills program from FPInnovations entered the picture.
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On the picturesque shores of Vancouver Island, a veneer and roundwood facility has been efficiently turning 100 per cent Douglas fir into quality veneer sheets since 1988. Editor Maria Church shares the details.
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Touring Nechako Lumber is an all day affair. The 8.9 million square-foot site in Vanderhoof, B.C., is home to a small-log sawmill, planer mill, pellet plant and energy system, all of which are seamlessly integrated to handle 100 per cent of the roughly 900,000 tonnes (800 cubic metres) of logs that enter Nechako’s gates each year.
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In 2008, the harvest profile changed and the economy tightened, resulting in less steep slope harvesting. But as the economy improved, loggers looked up the hill at the reservoir of wood and wondered how they would log steep terrain safely and cost effectively. In 2014, FPInnovations launched the Steep Slope Initiative in response.
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“Being in the trucking business ourselves, we know that most shops spend very little time considering the comfort of the professional drivers who are waiting for a repair to be made. We wanted to be different, and it definitely creates some buzz,” says Greg Munden, owner, Munden Ventures.
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January 16 – 18, 2019
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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