THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE — In operation since March 2019, Tolko’s newest low-cost, high-efficiency Lakeview sawmill is up to full speed and operating at its expected performance level. Enveloping a slightly smaller footprint than the 1950s mill it replaced, the mill features a basement with 20-foot ceilings, making it more accessible, while the main operating…
We will explore how the UK softwood sector bounced back to record numbers during the pandemic, how Brexit is affecting trade, the impact the pandemic has had on the global softwood sector, including the US and Europe, and what the recent Budget announcement means for housing and construction. Leading industry speakers include Olle Berg, EVP…
OTTAWA, CTV NEWS — The cost of lumber has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Whether it’s building a backyard deck or fence or framing interior walls for an addition or renovation, the cost will likely be double what it was last year. Initially, Roger Liddle planned for a huge 25-by-30-foot wooden deck off the back of…
By Mike Wehner @MikeWehner A joint venture between Japan’s Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University could result in the first use of wood as a satellite building material. Using wood for satellite construction could reduce the space junk problem by a degree, but only if the satellites actually fall to Earth. When a wood-based satellite falls…
GOLDACH, Switzerland, CNW — New data from IQAir’s global air quality data platform, published in the 2020 World Air Quality Report and an online interactive global map, reveals the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and behavioral changes on global particulate pollution (PM2.5) levels. Key findings: COVID-19 impact: In 2020, 84% of all monitored countries observed air quality improvements, largely due…
NORTH BAY — Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, has announced more than $2.9 million for 145 businesses across the Nipissing region to help support necessary upgrades and improvements to protect employees, customers, and the community from the spread of COVID-19. The funding is being provided through the Northern Ontario Recovery Program (NORP). “We need a…
CBC NEWS — Nova Scotia’s Lands and Forestry minister tabled a revised Biodiversity Act on Thursday, a version he hopes won’t raise the ire of private landowners this time around. CAPTION: Lands and Forestry Minister Chuck Porter Chuck Porter said the bill he introduced includes many of the same provisions as the one that died…
CASTANET.NET — Prince George may become home to two innovative green technology projects, as a pair of proposed biomass and biofuel plants are being considered for the city. Canfor, Canfor Pulp and Paper, and Licella, an Australian company, are behind a joint venture called Arbios Biotech which would use post-consumer biomass to produce advanced biofuels….
NPR — Tens of millions of Americans experienced at least a day last year shrouded in wildfire smoke. Entire cities were blanketed, in some cases for weeks, as unprecedented wildfires tore across the Western U.S., causing increases in hospitalizations for respiratory emergencies and concerns about people’s longer-term health. CAPTION: In early September 2020, Seattle, Wash., had…
EDMONTON — Sasha Wilson, a scientist at the University of Alberta is lending her expertise on mineral carbonation to policy-makers in the United States in hopes of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide on a mass scale. Sasha Wilson, an associate professor in the Faculty of Science, worked with the American non-profit Energy Futures Initiative (EFI). In December 2020, Wilson…