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ILA Newsletter Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2026
Inside This Issue
- Happy New Year! Exciting things for 2026!
- Forestry is a solution: Voice your support for jobs & communities
- Interior Logging member spotlight
- Are you ready for the show in April?
- Joint statement issued with other
- Interior Logging board of directors spotlight
- Connection to care mental health support program launches
- Hand & arm vibration syndrome by Dr. Delia Roberts
- Wrest Program update
- BCFC anatomy of a tip-over workshop
ILA Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2025
Inside This Issue
- Wrapping Up the Year with Presence
- Interior Logging board of directors spotlight
- Forestry works for British Columbia’s sustainability
- Joint statement issued with other agencies
- Congratulations to our scholarship winners!
- Interior Logging member spotlight
- A difficult year: six lives lost in forestry – A call to re-commit to safety
- Another challenging wildfire year
- Employer incident investigations and reporting
ILA Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 3 July 2025
Inside This Issue
- Another Successful Show!
- EMPOWERING CONTRACTORS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE JUNE 2025 TIMBER HARVESTING EQUIPMENT COST MODEL WEBINAR
- ARE YOU WILDFIRE READY?
- EXTREME HEAT AND WORKERS’ SAFETY
- 63% OF BC’S FORESTS WILL NOT BE LOGGED
- WORKING TOGETHER FOR AN INCLUSIVEFOREST SECTOR: MEET FORESTRY TOGETHER
ILA Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 2 April 2025
Inside This Issue
- 67 Years of Partnership and “A Forest of Possibilities”
- ABOUT OUR LUNCHEON SPEAKER, HONORABLE RAVI PARMAR
- OUR RETURNING DINNER AND DANCE EVENT WITH AMAZING MUSIC
- SHOW VEN-DORS/ ATTENDEES
- CHAIRSON’S NOTE FOR THE SHOW
- SPRING BEAR SAFETY
- ILA SILENT AUCTION GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
- 2025 SHOW CO-SPONSORS
- ILA SHOE AGENDA
- 2025 INTERIOR SAFETY CONFERENCE (ISC) RETURNS TO KAMLOOPS MAY 15T
ILA Newsletter Volume 6 Issue 1 January 2025
Inside This Issue
- Happy New Year from the Interior Logging Association
- OPINION – EDITORIAL
- Resources to Help You in 2025
- Province Launches BC Timber Sales Review
- The ILA in the Community
- Looking Ahead to the 2025 Wildfire Season
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Reminder About the Wrest Grant Program
ILA Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 4 October 2024
Inside This Issue
- Message from the Interior Logging Association Board of Directors
- Remember! The Wildfire Reduction Equipment Support Trust (WREST) grant is available
- Updates to first aid regulations
- Congratulations to our scholarship winners!
- An update on FEP-Forest Equipment Program
- Wet roads, foggy conditions and kids in the classroom
- Provincial elections platforms show support for growth of BC’s community forest
- Jordan ilnicki named one of the CFI 2024 top 20 under 40
- WorkSafe BC’s videos on cable yarding
- Loggers – the unsung heros of wildfire response
ILA Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 3 July 2024
Inside This Issue
- Thank you for another fantastic AGM and Convention!
- The Wildfire Reduction Equipment Support Trust (WREST) grant is now available
- Congratulations Nancy Hesketh on 25 amazing years with the ILA
- Show Attendee List
- Take Time to Check In
- We are happy “Fore” a member of our forestry family
- 1st Annual Big Truck Show ‘N’ Shine & Log Loader Winners!
- Mental Health for Forestry Workers
- 2024 Interior Safety Conference – Safety At Work: Inside & Out
- Show Co-Sponsor Listing
- New First Aid Related Resources
ILA Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 2 April 2024
Inside This Issue
- 66 Amazing Years of partnership!
- About Our Luncheon Speaker Honorable Andrew Mercier
- Our Returning Dinner & Dance Event With Amazing Music
- Show Attendees Confirmed
- Chairpersons Note for the Show
- Are You at Risk for Hearing Loss?
- Ready to See Some Skills? Come See the Log Loader Competition!
- BCFSC New Video Release
- BC Forest Safety Council Celebrating 20 Years!
- ILA Silent Auction
- Show Co-Sponsors
- Ila Show Agenda & Forms
- 1st Annual Big Truck Show n’ Shine
- Interior Safety Conference
- Show Accomodations
ILA Newsletter Volume 5 Issue 1 January 2024
Inside This Issue
- Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024!
- TWO EXCITING NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR ILA MEMBERS
- IT’S 2024- UPDATES IN PAYROLL AND BENEFITS!
- THE ILA BOARD AT WORK ~MAKING CONNECTIONS AND DRIVING CHANGE
- WORKSAFEBC CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE OHSR – PART 16
- MEMBERSHIP RELATIONS LEADING TO NEW PROJECTS
- SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES
ILA Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 4 October 2023
Inside This Issue
- The ILA Final Quarter of 2023 Update
- CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 SCHOLARSHIP ILA WINNERS
- TASK FORCE INPUT REQUEST
- FOREST EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM AND PROJECT PROCUREMENT
- 2023 WILDFIRE SEASON UPDATE
- WET ROADS, FOGGY CONDITIONS AND KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM
ILA Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 3 July 2023
Inside This Issue
- 65th AGM and Convention was a huge success! Thank you everyone!
- AMENDMENTS TO THE WILDFIRE REGULATION 2023
- ILA RECEIVES MONEY FROM THE FIR FUNDING THROUGH ETSI-BC
- PREVENTING HEAT STRESS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS
- A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SHOW CO-SPONSORS
- THE IMPORTANCE OF FORESTRY IN NAKUSP
ILA Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 2 April 2023
Inside This Issue
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65 AMAZING YEARS AND COUNT- ING……THE SHOW IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!
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ABOUT OUR LUNCHEON SPEAKER, HONOURABLE BRUCE RALSTON
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OUR RETURNING DINNER AND DANCE EVENT WITH AMAZING MUSIC
- CHAIRPERSON’S NOTE FOR THE SHOW
- READY TO SEE SOME SKILLS? COME SEE THE LOG LOADER COMPETITION!
- ILA SILENT 8 AUCTION GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
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A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SHOW CO-SPONSORS
- EVENT DATES AND AGENDA
- REGISTRATION FORMS FOR EXHIBITORS AND TICKETS
- THE INTERIOR 14 SAFETY CON- FERENCE (ISC) RETURNS TO KAMLOOPS
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EVENT LOCATIONS, HOTELS AND OTHER INFORMATI0N
ILA Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 1 January 2023
Inside This Issue
- HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE ILA
- IS YOUR SAFETY PROGRAM RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS?
- WRAPPING 5 UP THE LATEST CONTRACT WITH THE INTERIOR LOGGING ASSOCIATION
- A FINAL FAREWELL FROM THE CANADIAN WOMEN IN TIMBER
- CAN GROUP 9 BENEFITS HELP YOU RETAIN EMPLOYES AND REDUCE ABSENTEEISM?
- RESOURCES FOR OUR MEMBERS
- CELEBRATING 65 YEARS WITH THE AGM AND CONVENTION THIS YEAR!












