by Working Forest | Jan 2, 2019 | Archive Articles, Articles
The Ontario’s Government has appointed Clifford Bull to the newly created role of Special Advisor on Indigenous Affairs. Mr. Bull, the former Chief of Lac Seul First Nation, will advise Minister of Indigenous Affairs Greg Rickford on economic and social and...
by Working Forest | Jan 2, 2019 | Archive Articles, Articles
CANADIAN PRESS in the Prince George Citizen — Mills in the heart of Canada’s timber industry have fallen quieter this winter as wildfires and infestations made worse by climate change have made vast tracts of once valuable forest into barren stands of dead...
by Working Forest | Nov 30, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
Forest Products Association of Canada CEO Derek Nighbor issued the following statement in response to the Quayside Community Project announcement, a commitment to utilize mass timber in its construction, and as a result showcase Canada’s world-leading forest products:...
by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
DUBLIN, Ireland –Smurfit Kappa has invented a sustainable new alternative for the heavy wooden, chipboard and plastic boards that are used to protect palletized products during transport and storage. A team of Smurfit Kappa designers in its Hexacomb operations...
by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
VIENNA, Austria — Mondi plans to invest in its Corrugated Packaging facility in Bupak, Czech Republic. The upgrade will make the Czech production facility another flagship plant for Mondi Group’s corrugated board segment. “The digital transformation is rapidly...
by Working Forest | Nov 19, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
CBC NEWS — A First Nation in northwestern Ontario and a local conservation group want a piece of land that extends into Eagle Lake near Dryden removed from future forestry management planning and set aside so it becomes permanently off-limits to logging. That...
