LP’S OSB LEADER
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP) has named British Columbia native M.J. “Mac” Palmiere as its OSB regional operations manager for Canada, working out of the Vancouver office.
Palmiere will oversee LP’s nine OSB operations in Canada, four of them Ainsworth OSB mills it acquired earlier this year, including the facility in 100 Mile House.
The local industry veteran formerly worked as an executive at Howe Sound Pulp and Paper and at Canfor.
NEW JUDGES
Three new judges have been appointed to the British Columbia Provincial Court.
Attorney General and Justice Minister Suzanne Anton says this will help alleviate caseload pressures and improve access to justice. The Chief Judge will recommend to government in which B.C. communities the newly appointed judges – Lyndsay Smith, Richard Hewson and Lisa Wyatt – should preside.
GRAD RATES
More Aboriginal students are completing high school in B.C. than ever before, as the six-year completion rate climbed to 59.4 per cent in 2012/13.
This provincial rate has steadily improved over the past decade, rising from just 45.9 per cent in 2002/03. The six-year completion rate is the percentage of students graduating with a Dogwood [regular] diploma within six years of starting Grade 8.
The actual rate of Aboriginal students who graduated with a Dogwood Diploma has increased 72 per cent since 2002/03, with 3,319 graduates in 2012/13.
