TAMPA, FLORIDA — Nortrax, Inc. has sold seven stores in its Midwest Region to the family-owned company McCoy Group, Inc. based in Dubuque, IA. The company will do business as McCoy Construction & Forestry (MCF) and will retain the Nortrax employees in the Escanaba, MI, Merrill, Chippewa Falls, and Ashland, WI as well as the…
The 2018 fire season in Canada has begun, and Natural Resources Canada’s wildland fire researchers are forecasting much of Canada having above normal fire risk. Multiple climate models suggest most of the nation will have above normal temperatures, with some regions also experiencing drier than normal conditions. They stress, however, that while conditions in these…
SAINT-FÉLICIEN, QC — Resolute Forest Products Inc. has announced a $52.3 million strategic investment plan for its Saint-Félicien pulp mill, located in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. The announcement was made at a press conference attended by Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, and many dignitaries and company employees. “The significant investments at Saint-Félicien are expected to…
Prince George and area homeowners are making their contribution to the war against the Douglas fir beetle. Taking advantage of a program being run out of the Industrial Forestry Service Ltd. office, they’ve purchased more than 17,000 pods of pheromone, at $1 each, in the name of protecting the trees against the bugs. “People love…
The University of Toronto announced this week it is set to build a 14-storey academic tower made of timber on its downtown Toronto campus – expected to be the tallest mass timber and concrete hybrid building in North America. It follows a growing international trend towards tall timber structures, which have been lauded for their…
Canfor Southern Pine, a leading integrated forest products company, will invest $40 million to upgrade its existing sawmill in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. A manufacturer of high-quality Southern yellow pine lumber, Canfor Southern Pine operates 14 manufacturing locations in the Southern U.S. In addition to its Camden facility, the company has operations in Conway,…
Bruce Larson, Tara Marsden, and Rick Monchak have been appointed to the Forest Practices Board for two-year terms, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has announced. Larson, who will also serve as vice-chair, has been a professor at the University of British Columbia’s faculty of forestry since 2002. He…
Catalyst Paper and its host communities need the assistance promised by Ottawa sooner rather than later, B.C. Premier John Horgan has reminded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to a report in the Cowichan Valley Citizen, Horgan wrote to Trudeau after convening a meeting with executives of Catalyst Paper, local and provincial politicians representing North Cowichan,…
As part of an ongoing, extensive value for money review across government, Manitoba Sustainable Development has determined the Pineland Forest Nursery, near Hadashville, is no longer viable as a provincially operated entity and will be ceasing its operation on Dec. 31. However, the Pineland Forest Nursery contains valuable assets and the province is exploring new…
Canada’s major forestry companies are riding an industry upswing as their share prices soar despite trade disputes with the United States and delays in shipments. For investors big and small, the stock rally since early 2017 has been a welcome sight in a sector that has gone through a series of economic downturns. “It’s a…