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The union representing 3,000 striking forest workers has rejected an invitation from Western Forest Products to enter binding arbitration to settle what is now a four-month labour dispute.

Last week, we encouraged those individuals interested in purchasing either a condo or a single-family dwelling to understand the financial numbers and to set goals.

A Victoria transportation company says it’s prepared to provide a shuttle for walk-on ferry passengers from Tsawwassen to Bridgeport Station if the labour dispute escalates between unionized workers and the Coast Mountain Bus Company in Vancouver.

A Sidney company anticipates a boost to its profile and bottom line with the introduction of a $1.4-million heavy-duty-vehicle efficiency program that will offer government incentives for commercial truckers to cut their emissions.

They met five years ago across a table saw, surrounded by wood shavings and piles of lumber, and that chance encounter in Camosun College’s carpentry school has blossomed into a long-term relationship and a small business that is booked solid.

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VANCOUVER — A special committee of lumber giant Canfor’s board has approved an almost $1-billion offer from a Jim Pattison company to take full control of the company.

Work on a new mooring dolphin to accommodate larger cruise ships at Ogden Point could start within two weeks, according to the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority.

The crisis in British Columbia’s forestry sector that saw more than 20 sawmills close or curtail production over the summer and put about 3,000 sawmill employees out of work, at least temporarily, is showing up in worsening trade figures for the prov