It was with a heavy heart that leaders of the BC Interior forest industry learned of the passing of Ross Gorman on Friday, October 18. “Ross was committed to the company he and his brother built from the day they fired up their first sawmill to the very end, visiting...

TOKYO, JAPAN – Delegates from British Columbia’s 2014 Forestry Asia Trade Mission helped celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Canada Wood Office and the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) establishing a presence in Japan. Coincidental with the anniversary, the...

TOKYO, JAPAN – A ceremony marking efforts to help reconstruct communities impacted by Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a highlight of a busy day for B.C.’s Forestry Asia Trade Mission. The ceremony, which included the presentation of a plaque commemorating...

VICTORIA, Oct. 15, 2014 /CNW/ – Canada’s Transport Minister, the Honourable Lisa Raitt, and B.C. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister the Honourable Todd Stone today issued the following joint statement to unveil a new model for the container trucking industry...

Interfor Corporation will join the Council of Forest Industries (COFI), effective January 1, 2015. “We are pleased to welcome Interfor to COFI,” President and CEO James Gorman said today. “Interfor has a long history in our province, and brings immense knowledge,...