Business

Log scanning pioneered to find flaws in timber

Skeena Sawmills wants to be B.C.'s first mill to use CT scanning technology to produce high-grade wood from lower-grade stands

Nov 23, 2016 4:00 PM Read more >

Longer trucks save forest companies money, fuel

BC FOREST FUTURE: Nine-axle log trucks reduce costs, carbon emissions on longer hauls needed in areas affected by mountain pine beetle

Nov 22, 2016 2:00 PM Read more >

‘Full speed ahead’ for Comox Mall

Project targeted for completion in June 2017

Nov 22, 2016 9:00 AM Read more >

American company flogging Readers’ Choice plaques

Nov 22, 2016 9:00 AM Read more >

Trump election casts shadow on softwood lumber trade

Donald Trump's crusade against NAFTA could embolden the U.S. Lumber Coalition to renew its battle against B.C. lumber exports

Nov 9, 2016 6:00 PM Read more >

B.C. Liberal delegates back ride sharing

B.C. Liberal Party members say Metro Vancouver is the last major city in North America to keep Uber out

Nov 6, 2016 8:00 AM Read more >

Cycling becoming big business in the Comox Valley

Nov 2, 2016 5:00 AM Read more >

B.C. works to track mobile data spread

With 12,000 fast-evolving mobile devices, the B.C. government needs strict security, Auditor General Carol Bellringer says

Oct 18, 2016 8:00 PM Read more >

Michael’s Off Main a 15-year Courtenay mainstay

On Oct. 31, Michael’s Off Main celebrates 15 years of existence in downtown Courtenay.

Oct 18, 2016 5:00 AM Read more >

U.S. lumber trade faces uncertain future

U.S. industry free to file formal complaints against B.C. wood products as of today, Canadian producers look to China and Japan

Oct 13, 2016 7:00 AM Read more >