TORONTO – Ontario’s Government is working for the people to create and protect jobs by sending the message that ‘Ontario is Open for Business’. Good jobs help Ontario families put food on the table, send their kids off to college and university, and save for retirement. Employment in Ontario increased by 36,900 jobs in February,…
There is strong potential for growth in the development of forest products and processes with a small environmental footprint. Focusing on collaborative research with industry members, the Service de recherche et d’expertise en transformation des produits forestiers (SEREX) intends to develop this niche. To maintain momentum, the organization will receive a non-repayable contribution of $280,000…
Vancouver, B.C. –The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) looks forward to welcoming Premier John Horgan as a keynote speaker at its 2019 Annual Convention, April 3-5, 2019 at the Parq Vancouver Hotel & Convention Centre in downtown Vancouver. The Premier will address delegates at 12:15pm on Friday, April 5. “We are very pleased to…
Richmond, B.C. — WorkSafeBC has announced that its 2019 high-risk strategy for forestry will include an additional focus on phase congestion, which can lead to unsafe conditions when harvesting activities overlap. Phase congestion is an industry-wide problem and has resulted in serious injuries and fatalities. Forestry operators often have to carry out multiple harvesting phases…
CHARLOTTETOWN — The Canadian Press — Justin Trudeau says his government is concerned with plans by a pulp mill in northern Nova Scotia to dump treated effluent into the Northumberland Strait, but the prime minister says there are no plans for a federal environmental assessment because Nova Scotia has that responsibility. Trudeau was asked about…
VANCOUVER — Inspired architecture and innovative structural engineering using wood in a remarkable diversity of building types, sizes and purposes were in the spotlight at the 15th annual 2019 Wood Design Awards in BC, sponsored by Wood WORKS! BC. More than 400 distinguished architects, structural engineers, developers, project teams together with industry sponsors and guests,…
Toronto – – The East-West Ring of Fire Road Coalition (EWRFC) is a new organization at the world’s largest mining conference, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference (#PDAC2019) advocating for an “East-West road” to access the Ring of Fire. The EWRFC contends this route will benefit the greatest number of Ontario communities, providing…
Eighteen new residents have moved into the rural community of Chipman, New Brunswick and a new subdivision is being built to accommodate newcomers. In the coming years, dozens more are expected to be added to the village’s current population of roughly 1000. According to a report by CBC News, councilors say it held steady last…
Vancouver, BC — Canfor Corporation has announced that it has received regulatory approval to renew a normal course issuer bid first launched in March 2013. Under the new bid, the Company may purchase for cancellation up to 6,260,970 common shares of the Company (the “Shares”) or approximately 5% of the 125,219,400 Shares outstanding as of…
Registration is open for Woodrise 2019—the international conference on mid-rise and high-rise wood-building construction—which will be held in Quebec City, from September 30 to October 4, 2019. This unique event, with the theme of “Building our cities for future generations,” is designed to be a unique international forum that will bring together all the major…