by Working Forest | Aug 28, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
A woodcutter who works near Boundary Creek just off N.W.T.’s Highway 3 says he lost a year’s worth of work when a controlled burn went out of control. Kerry Smith says fire officials with Environment and Natural Resources were doing a back burn near his...
by Working Forest | Aug 27, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
If the Quebec government further restricts logging activities in order to protect caribou, 2,931 jobs and $367 million of economic activity are threatened, according to an Economic Note published today by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI). The new boreal caribou...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Shares of Canfo have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the company, AnalystRatings.NET reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
Chad Wasilenkoff, executive chairman of Fortress Paper Ltd. (TSX:FTP), is one of the more unconventional businessmen you are likely to meet. The 43-year-old businessman cares little for corporate prestige and takes some pride in being “anti-corporate.” His company’s...
by Working Forest | Aug 18, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
The United Kingdom has announced plans to build the world’s largest biomass powerplant. The Tees Renewable Energy Plant (REP) will be located in the Port of Teesside, Middlesbrough and it will have a capacity of 299 MW. While the plant is designed to be able to...
by Working Forest | Aug 11, 2015 | Archive Articles, Articles
At times, it’s difficult to shake the stereotype from the craft. Too often craftspeople are unfairly dismissed as antiquated and their products stale. Quilters with fusty, old floral blankets or candlestick makers with yellow beeswax pillars. The same can be said for...
