One community in northwestern Ontario is pinning its hopes on small business to bring it more economic prosperity. Atikokan has struggled for many years, particularly since two large iron mines shut down four decades ago. The town is a far cry from its heydey in the 1960s, when the population was more than twice what it…
First Nations leaders in Treaty 3 claim provincial law enforcement agents are infringing on their members’ harvesting rights. Four Anishinaabe men are scheduled to appear in courts across Northwestern Ontario this spring on charges First Nations say present a pattern of poor education on provincial jurisdiction and treaty rights. A moose was quartered in Nigigoonsimikinkaaning…
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced the completion of the merger with Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Shareholders of both companies approved the transaction at separate special meetings of shareholders held on Feb. 12, 2016. The combined company retains the Weyerhaeuser name and continues to be traded under the WY ticker symbol on the New York Stock…
After millions of dollars in upgrades over the past year, 30 Unifor union members are now back at work producing lumber on the first sawmill shift at Kenora Forest Products. Unifor national representative Stephen Boon said Friday that “this operation closed during the height of the 2008 U.S. housing crash and we are extremely pleased…
Lumber producers in Alberta hope the federal governments in Canada and the United States are able to quickly hammer out a new softwood lumber deal before a trade war breaks out. The softwood lumber deal agreed to in 2006 by the two countries expired in October 2015. Under the terms of that deal, the U.S….
Vernon-based Tolko Industries has been named one of B.C.’s top employers for 2016, by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. The award recognizes employers who lead their industry in offering an exceptional place to work. “I am proud of this recognition, as it validates the continued work on our goal of being the employer…
‘Wood is good” is the motto of the Lakehead University Wood Science and Testing Facility (LUWSTF). The group believes wood is the answer to many issues we are having in the world today where growing trees will assist in global climate issues and the use of wood from renewable and sustainably grown trees will move…
The discovery of a grove of massive and unusual cedar trees six years ago has slowly been attracting more and more tourists from around the world to the tiny community of Port Renfrew. And now the business community says it’s better for the local economy to move on from logging, and set its sights instead…
Ontario’s Liberal government is promising all the details of its cap-and-trade plan to put a price on carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions will soon be public. Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray says the government is wrapping up consultations with manufacturers and large polluters on what he admits is a very complex design…
The creation of a forestry committee and reassurance for Japanese companies were the reasons behind Canada’s side letter with Japan in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, says Canada’s lead negotiator. Parts of the letter, which is not a legally binding part of the TPP text, caused confusion in the forestry trade among some companies and lobby…