PORTLAND, Ore. –– Blount International announced two promotions in their International and North American sales groups within their Forestry, Lawn & Garden (FLAG) division. Scott Harris has been promoted to vice-president of North American sales and Stephane Faucher has been promoted to vice-president of International Sales Harris first joined Blount in 1996 as northeast territory…
SFI has announced additional speakers for the 2017 SFI Annual Conference – Forests. A Way of Life – September 27-29, in Ottawa. The speaker line-up includes The Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources; JP Gladu, president and CEO, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB); Jeff Zweig, president and CEO, TimberWest; Ivonne Higuero, Director…
OTTAWA – Structurlam is the first Canadian manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Structurlam produces mass timber products including CLT. “Wood is the only renewable building resource we have. If we sustainably manage the forest then we’ll have unlimited materials to create beautiful buildings…
Wood supply continues to be a concern for mills near in Williams Lake, B.C., as the wildfire season unfolds. Since July 7, logging operations have been shut down in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region due to the fire danger risk. But even before that, inventory was low, the manager of West Fraser’s Williams Lake Plywood Plant told…
A University of New Brunswick historian says the province could be witnessing the collapse of its marketing board system for private woodlots, according to a story on CBC News. William Parenteau says the stakes are high as J.D. Irving Ltd. and other industry players have challenged the SNB Co-operative and its marketing board in court…
Denis Lebel is poised to become the next president and CEO of Quebec’s forest industry association, Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec (CIFQ), starting in September. He succeeds André Tremblay, who has led the association since 2011. Lebel is a former federal Member of Parliament for the riding of Lac-Sant-Jean. “I wanted to continue to…
Professor Robert M. Wright has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at University of Toronto for a two-year term ending June 30, 2019. Professor Wright holds his faculty appointment in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design and currently serves as Director of the Centre for Landscape Research (CLR). He…
From tiny seedlings mighty cedars grow. Or, in this case, from $30,000 grows a $1.3-million biomass boiler that can heat a community. The $30,000 was capacity funding provided through the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to Old Massett Village Council. Part of the Haida Nation, the council needed funding in 2013 to complete a…
A group of five advocates for Nova Scotia woodlot owners toured Finland last fall to observe the organization and management of small private woodlots. The tour participants have organized their observations and data into a report, Small Private Forestry in Finland – 2016 Learning Tour Summary Report, giving details and comparative analysis that demonstrate how…
For several months, a coalition of indigenous and municipal leaders, chambers of commerce, unions and forest sector companies has been voicing concerns over new rules for species at risk in Ontario. The group cited “a lack of meaningful consultation by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF).” According to the Federation of Northern Ontario…