The many benefits of community forests
photo courtesy of Black Press The community forest program began in British Columbia in 1998, when the government amended the Forest Act to allow for …
Assessing the local impact of increasing inequality
There is a line-up at this Salvation Army food bank every morning Recently our local CBC Radio West provided coverage of the new Oxfam …
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High school woodlot forestry program a success
There are just two high schools in British Columbia that manage their own woodlot and one of them is in the Shuswap. Charles Bloom Secondary …
2012 Federal budget is a travesty
My letter to the editors: The 2012 federal budget is a travesty, as it will boost the profits for the one percent and the big …