Unifor says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Resolute Forest Products covering one group of workers in a deal the union hopes will set a pattern across Quebec’s forestry sector. The agreement still needs to be ratified by forestry workers in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. Talks will then extend to Resolute (TSX:RFP) employees in…
Two new $5,000 scholarships funded by the Truck Loggers Association (TLA) and Chevron have been awarded to students in the Heavy Equipment Operator program at Vancouver Island University (VIU). BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson presented the awards to VIU students Jesse Creighton and Breanna Thompson at the TLA Convention…
Robots, drones & more cool tech! FPInnovations showcases the tech ingenuity of forestry at BC’s biggest ever tech summit, which opened today at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The two-day inaugural #BCTECH Summit shines the spotlight on BC’s vibrant tech industry, bringing some of the biggest names in technology including investors, researchers, industry and government officials…
The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is holding a hearing in Thunder Bay on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 regarding Pre-Budget Consultations. The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) looks forward to presenting to the Standing Committee and explaining how action in seven key areas can support a full recovery of Ontario’s renewable resource, create…
Tolko Industries Ltd. announced Monday it plans to curtail the eight inch canter line at its Lakeview Mill in Williams Lake effective March 4, 2016. It’s a move that comes because of the ongoing degradation in log fibre quality, increasing log costs and the continued downturn in the Chinese market reducing the demand for the…
The New Brunswick government is going to court to get its hands on almost $1 million in insurance money for a fire that destroyed the Miramichi Lumber Products sawmill a year ago. Opportunities New Brunswick has filed a lawsuit demanding that Lloyd’s Underwriters pay it $992,559.70 — money the company says it wants to restart operations. But the…
Norbord Inc. today announced that the Quebec Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks has terminated the wood license associated with its curtailed Val-d’Or, Quebec OSB mill. Production at the Val-d’Or mill was indefinitely suspended in 2012 following persistently weak North American housing market conditions and lower demand for OSB. This development is not expected to…
Nova Scotia Power is defending the suite of rates and tariffs it wants to impose on renewable energy producers who use its grid to get into the retail electricity business. “The tariffs are fair and transparent,” Nova Scotia Power vice president Mark Sidebottom told a Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board hearing. Regulators began hearings…
Many of B.C.’s industries will benefit from the low Canadian dollar, making it likely the province will lead the country in economic growth this year, say economists. The Canadian dollar dropped again Friday to 68 cents US, fuelling concern that the growing downward momentum means tough times ahead for the country. But some experts say…
For the first time in its 73-year history, the Truck Loggers Associationhas elected a female president — a first for any logging association in B.C. But for Jacqui Beban of Qualicum Beach, getting elected on Jan. 14 was a natural fit as she has deep roots in the industry. Her great-grandfather, grandfather and father all owned logging companies, as…