Pinnacle Renewable Holdings Inc. has announced approval to commence the redevelopment of an existing particle board facility in Smithers, B.C. to a wood pellet production facility. SPLP is a limited partnership in which West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has a 30 percent and Pinnacle has 70 percent interest. The Facility, which is connected via direct…
BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s main ports will step up quarantine checks on imports of apples and logs from the United States, and shipments found carrying disease or rot could be returned or destroyed, the Chinese customs agency said on Monday. Reuters reported last week that the main Chinese ports of entry have ramped up checks…
Emergency officials in British Columbia’s southern Interior warn that devastating wildfires that charred thousands of square kilometres of timber and bush last year now have the potential to make seasonal flooding even more severe. The warning from the Cariboo Regional District comes as about 120 properties were ordered to evacuate Sunday in the Upper Nazko…
Starting on May 5th, municipalities from coast to coast to coast will join a national effort to reduce wildfire risk to local homes and environments in anticipation of this year’s wildfire season. A total of $47,000 was awarded to 94 successful community applicants across Canada for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day. This annual, national program was…
It’s back to work at a hotel construction site gutted by fire earlier this month. On April 18, fire crews were called to the site on Lorne Avenue and Circle Drive South just before 6:30 a.m. CT to find the top floors of the development engulfed in flames. The blaze was declared under control three…
A single complaint from a paper mill in Washington state is putting Canada’s pulp and paper industry at risk, and it’s time to fight back, says Unifor’s national president. In a report by Business Vancouver, Jerry Dias warns that more than 1,000 jobs at paper mills in B.C., Newfoundland and Quebec are at risk as…
Weyerhaeuser reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter of 2018 with earnings and sales surpassing estimates by 9.1 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively. Earnings from continuing operations before special items in the reported quarter were 36 cents per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 33 cents. Also, the bottom line surged 63.6 percent from…
LA DORÉ, QC, – Resolute Forest Products Inc has announced major investments totaling $12,956,700 in its La Doré wood products facilities, located in the Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. The investments will be used to integrate new technologies into the manufacturing processes in order to sustain the facilities’ continuously enhanced performance in an ever-changing competitive environment….
SEATTLE, USA — A new study forecasts that softwood lumber consumption in the US will reach an all-time high by 2030. As a consequence, there are likely to be increased investments in production capacity in the US, changes in Canadian lumber trade flows, a rise in overseas supply, and upward pressure on sawlog prices, according…
The Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), TimberWest and the Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club (NMBC) hosted a community Open House and Earth Day Clean-Up event at Doumont Trails on Sunday, April 29th. More than 80 volunteers helped to clear the land of 5360 KG (5.6 tonnes) of illegally dumped garbage, household supplies, building material, and garden…