MONTREAL – An experienced research leader will take over as president and CEO of FPInnovations on Dec. 14. Stéphane Renou replaces Pierre Lapointe, who has held this position since December 2008. A native of Montréal, Stéphane Renou has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. In 2015, he earned an…
A coalition of municipal and Indigenous leaders, chambers of commerce, unions, and forest professionals are going to Queen’s Park on November 22 to dispel misinformation about Ontario’s forest sector and to urge the government to avoid unintended consequences from rushed species at risk (SAR) policy. The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page…
Local media are reporting that road collapse due to heavy rain is the likely cause of a fatal logging truck accident on Nov. 15. Ian Fraser has been identified as the deceased driver of the logging truck. “A significant portion of the road reportedly collapsed underneath the truck. The vehicle then appears to have rolled…
A fatal logging truck accident occurred on Nov. 15 near Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. The accident involved an employee of a contractor working for TimberWest. A report from CBC News says the vehicle was submerged in water beside the roadway. Emergency personnel were alerted to the incident around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and an…
MONTREAL – With public consultations and testing completed, FSC Canada expects the final version of the organization’s new national forest management standard to be ready for 2018. Following the field testing of the national standard in the spring of 2017, the Standards Development Group has been working diligently to reach consensus on a final version…
DELTA, B.C. – Almost $1.5 million in federal funding will go to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre for their project regarding ICS Incident Management and Interoperability under the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF). A statement from Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada says this funding will help the development of a…
The sawmill could remain closed for up to six months, but Tolko Industries has committed to rebuild and re-open the Lakeview facility in Williams Lake, B.C., that was damaged by fire in early November. A local news site, The Williams Lake Tribune, quotes an email from general manager Troy Connolly: ““It’s hard to say exactly…
More than $1 million worth of penalties against the owner of Babine Forest Products have been upheld, following a review by WorksafeBC. An explosion and fire at the Babine Forest Products sawmill in 2012 killed two workers and injured more than 20 others. The Prince George Citizen reports that after a series of reviews requested…
OTTAWA – Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, and his provincial counterparts met Nov. 10 to discuss the final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the countervailing and anti-dumping duty investigations into imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada. Minister Carr and the other members of the Federal–Provincial Task…
VANCOUVER – Western Forest Products is shutting down its Englewood logging train on Vancouver Island and transitioning to truck transport of logs. The move is part of the company’s efforts to reduce costs. The company says the costs will be lower to transport logs from northern Vancouver Island forestry operations to its mills by truck….