Bitcoin? Blasé. Gold? Going out of style. "The hottest commodity on the planet," according to Dustin Jalbert, an economist at the market-research firm Fastmarkets, is lumber.
Worries about wildfires are heating up in Jasper, as forests that have turned a rusty red colour due the mountain pine beetle offer a visible reminder of the area's vulnerability to a blaze.
Tony Tooke, chief of the U.S. Forest Service since last fall, visited the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show seeking to broaden the coalition of people working to improve recreation on public lands.
