BC’s forestry crisis dominates today’s news. Here are some of the headlines:

• Mill workers, forest industry call for policy change (COFI’s Susan Yurkovich)
• Factors behind Tolko closing should have been caught (MLA Thomson)
• Big changes needed for industry to survive (UBC Prof Gary Bull)
• We are in a major crisis (TLA’s David Elstone)
• Fewer trees, higher costs (Ken Peacock, Business Council of BC)
• Maximizing value rather than just volume (Forest Minister Doug Donaldson)

In other Business news: Western Forest Products/Steelworker talks break off; Canfor seeks workshare support; Kenora Forest Products takes downtime; Weyerhaeuser sells timberlands; and Northern Pulp reaches out as Lahey report implications laid-bare. Meanwhile, opinions on: the wolf cull in caribou recovery areas, old-growth sustainability in BC; and aerial herbicides in Maine.

Finally, condolences today to the family and friends of  Wayne Brandt—the face of Minnesota’s forest industry, and the University of Victoria bus crash victims.

Kelly McCloskey Tree Frog Editor