by Working Forest | Jun 22, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
The Ontario government has ignored startling information about a potentially dangerous mercury dumping site for seven months, a Star investigation has found. Saying he was writing out of “guilt,” a retired labourer says that more than 40 years ago he was part of a...
by Working Forest | Jun 20, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
A union representing hundreds of workers at Port Hawkesbury Paper says that for the first time there will be a temporarily layoff at the paper mill. It will last one week. “Any time you lay people off it sends a whole bunch of shivers through everybody and, in a...
by Working Forest | Jun 13, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
With sweeping brush strokes, a rich colour palette and a painterly style reminiscent of the great Canadian Group of Seven, Annerose Georgeson’s paintings in the Station House Gallery this month are an honest and commanding representation of the logging industry in...
by Working Forest | Jun 13, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
After some tough times, the future is finally starting to look bright for members of the Ontario Forest Industries Association. “We were pleased in September when we received a letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government acknowledging, and I am quoting:...
by Working Forest | Jun 13, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
A South African firefighting agency has apologized to Canada and promised an investigation after a pay dispute led to a strike by 300 firefighters who are battling the blaze near Fort McMurray. But the agency isn’t yet ready to comment on allegations by Alberta...
by Working Forest | Jun 6, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Jagdev Dhaliwal of Williams Lake has emerged B.C.’s top lumber grader for 2016 in the 48th annual B.C. lumber grading championship held in Kelowna on May 28. Dhaliwal works at Tolko’s Lakeview division. Coming in a close second was Kamaldip Sandhu of...
