VANCOUVER, GLOBE NEWSWIRE — Finning International Inc. has announced today that Doug Whitehead is retiring as board chair and board member effective January 15, 2019, after 20 years with Finning. Doug joined Finning in 1999 as chief operating officer and took the reins as chief executive officer in 2000. Over the next eight years, he…
Teenage engineering and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden have built a speaker cabinet of holocellulose – a newly researched material with some unique properties. It is wood as we know it – but in pure white. Most importantly, it is easy to recycle to become something completely different like apparel, transparent film or even a…
Registration is now available for the 62nd Industry Forum & Forest NB/ARPFNB AGM’s – “Forests for the Future.” The 2019 event will again be held at the Fredericton Convention Center with accommodations blocked for delegates at the Hilton Garden Inn. Registration remains open and preferred hotel rates are valid until March 8th, 2019 by referring…
TORONTO — Ontario’s Government for the People is taking action to create jobs by eliminating red tape and burdensome regulations so businesses can grow, create and protect good jobs. Today, Todd Smith, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and the lead minister on reducing red tape and regulatory burden, announced a package of…
Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development; Chief Joe Alphonse, Tribal Chairman, Tŝilhqot’in National Government; and Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, have commented on the first roundtable discussion on efforts to protect moose in the Cariboo Chilcotin: “Government representatives, First Nations and a variety of stakeholders met…
Globally, technologies are transforming forest management and harvesting. Control innovations for harvesting equipment are removing workers from the ground while improving safety and productivity. A few years ago, innovative logger Dale Ewers recognized how the speed of technology could transform his operations. He brought his experienced loggers into the office to work with application and…
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Globe & Mail — The B.C. business community signed onto the NDP government’s plan this week. The endorsement reflects a full year of backroom discussions that resulted in a plan that is expected to offer a painless transition for consumers. In a report in the Globe & Mail, Greg D’Avignon, president and chief…
The BC Wildfire Service is accepting applications for wildland firefighter positions for the 2019 fire season. Online applications can be submitted on the BC Wildfire Service website until Jan. 15, 2019. The BC Wildfire Service is looking for new recruits to fill positions throughout the province, including in Williams Lake, Quesnel, 100 Mile House, and…
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will adopt sustainable forestry practices that will see reduced clearcutting on Crown land, although the province’s lands and forestry minister is unable to say yet by how much. Iain Rankin said forest policies will be guided by ecological practices through the so-called “triad” model — some areas protected from all forestry,…
Forest pests, like the emerald ash borer, the spruce budworm and the mountain pine beetle, can threaten Canada’s forests. From December 4-6, 2018, forest pest management researchers, managers, and practitioners gathered for the National Forest Pest Management Forum, the largest and most significant gathering of its kind in Canada. Organized by Natural Resources Canada, the…