CAPEBRETONPOST.COM — Nova Scotia’s new premier-designate Iain Rankin has indicated strong support for forestry management and for green policies. He is developing an economic recovery policy model framed around the environment. Rankin has promised to implement the recommendations of the Lahey Report on forestry practices, which advocates among other things, a drastic reduction in clear-cutting…
OTTAWA, THE CANADIAN PRESS — Statistics Canada says manufacturing sales rose 0.9 percent to $54.2 billion in December led by sales of wood products, transportation equipment, and petroleum and coal products. The agency says there were record-high sales of wood products in the final month of 2020, as higher lumber prices pushed sales up 8.3…
TORONTO, CNW — Norbord Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. effective February 1, 2021, today reported Adjusted EBITDA of $865 million for the full-year 2020 compared to $138 million in 2019. The improvement was due to significantly higher realized North American oriented strand board (OSB) prices, productivity improvements, and lower raw…
QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario government is launching new and improved Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) programs to help increase economic development and promote job creation in the North. The four new programs will target existing and emerging markets, support more projects in small rural communities, address the skilled labour shortage and make it…
MY CAMPBELL RIVER NOW — North Island College is now offering tuition-free training aimed at helping people find jobs in growing sectors of the economy. The new programs include both short micro-credential offerings and full-length programs starting this month and in March. (Micro-credentials are short courses that help people gain specific skills for high-demand careers….
VANCOUVER, BC, CNW — Ritchie Bros. has announced that Karl Werner, President, International will transition out of the Company to pursue personal interests, effective March 31, 2021. As a result of Mr. Werner’s departure, Kari Taylor, President, North America Sales, will take on the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer to focus on driving sales growth globally. “We…
KENORAONLINE.COM — With market demand and prices looking good for the softwood lumber industry, Steve Boon at Unifor says they’re hoping a wood supply can be found before they can restart the sawmill in Kenora. “They made that clear when they took over the mill in October,” he said yesterday, during a phone interview. The…
The Ontario Lumber Manufacturers Agency is an independently owned, fully bilingual agency offering lumber grading and/or stamping services to our licensed facilities and individuals for the last 50 years. We are an accredited agency of the Canadian Lumber Standards Accreditation Board (CLSAB) and the American Lumber Standard Committee, Inc. (ALSC), and a member of the…
Each year, Forests Ontario brings together over 400 landowners, forestry professionals, students, educators, and those passionate about our forests to explore key issues. “Over the years, we have explored challenges to our biodiversity, the value of forests to our health and well-being, and the importance of our forests to our communities. Join us virtually February…
LADYSMITH CHRONICLE — B.C.’s forest industry has been buoyed by high construction demand and prices during the COVID-19 recession, and public health restrictions have pushed the industry into new areas of innovation. IMAGE: A drone operator with Terra Remote Sensing, one of the sponsors of the B.C. Natural Resources Forum. (Terra Remote Sensing image) “Remote…