Safety Alert Type: Manual Harvesting/Bucking Location: Northwest of Port Alice, Vancouver Island Date of Incident: 2012-09-13 Company Name: BC Forest Safety Council Details of Incident: It is with great sadness that the BC Forest Safety Council notifies the forestry community of our eighth fatality in 2012. This is the fourth faller fatality of the year. … Continue reading
The Strathcona Regional District is about to step into the debate over federal cutbacks to staffing at Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Service centres. Last Wednesday, the SRD’s Committee of the Whole passed a motion calling for the SRD chair to write a letter to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans supporting the current … Continue reading