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Western Forest Products is implying that they will play the role of the 'too-bad-so-sad/'no parks' developer if Ida Chong, the Minister of Community Services, approves zoning changes submitted by the Capital Regional District that would decrease the value of land the company is trying to sell to a Vancouver developer.

After more than a year of speculation, the BC Securities Commission (BCSC) is now investigating the possibility that large purchases of Western Forest Products stock in January 2007 were in fact ‘insider trades’, in which information leaked to one or more shareholders allowed them to make huge profits. The ‘insider information’, in this instance, was confirmation that Minister of Forests Rich Coleman would indeed be granting the company their tree farm licence deletion

Last week, a Globe and Mail story by Norvall Scott broke news of a “business-led lobbying effort to create a partial moratorium on oil sands development in order to free up conservation land” in northern Alberta’s heavily scarred Athabasca region. The move breaks a generally accepted code between companies and the government of that province and reflects a desperation on the part of some of Alberta’s largest tar sands companies to shed their 'dirty oil' image.

Political debates, community campaigns and lawsuits are continuing to swirl around the future of Vancouver Island's wild west coast.

Political debates, community campaigns and lawsuits are continuing to swirl around the future of Vancouver Island's wild west coast. But the next major decision on the shape of development around Jordan River, Shirley and Otter Point rests with one person

Political debates, community campaigns and lawsuits are continuing to swirl around the future of Vancouver Island's wild west coast. But the next major decision on the shape of development around Jordan River, Shirley and Otter Point rests with one person. Bob Wylie, Highways Ministry provincial approving officer, has sole responsibility for deciding whether an application by Western Forest Products for 319 subdivisions will get the go-ahead.

The provincial government is in a conflict of interest because a company managing public pension plans has a 25 per cent interest in a forestry firm involved in a land-claim dispute with the Hupacasath First Nation, band chief councillor Judith Sayers charged yesterday.

The message was simple: communities must be true partners in any decisions made on the future of forestry. The Working Roundtable on Forestry rolled into Quesnel Saturday, giving the city a chance to lobby change and influence government.

Enbridge Inc. has $15 billion in new projects under consideration as the company looks at expanding its network of pipelines to carry Alberta crude to the most lucrative export markets, the company's chief executive said today