Members of B.C.’s Indo-Canadian community invited to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria on Nov. 21, inspected the museum’s displays to determine if they accurately portray that community’s history and role in B.C.’s forestry industry. “It’s a little bit of history in the making, literally in a sense,” said Satwinder Bains, associate professor and the…
Millar Western says it is closing its Boyle lumber mill in northern Alberta indefinitely. The Edmonton-based company says softwood market conditions make it uneconomical to continue operating. The plant is to begin a phased shutdown starting next month be completed in February. Millar Western says the 91 workers who are to lose their jobs will…
The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to move ahead with a series of costly duties against Canadian mills that produce glossy paper products. The decision, posted today on the commission’s website, was part of the final phase of a countervailing duty investigation concerning supercalendered paper. Under a decision released last month the U.S. said…
Port Hawkesbury Paper has filed a North American Free Trade Agreement appeal in light of the U.S. government’s decision to uphold tariffs on the mill’s exports. The U.S. International Trade Commission released the decision papers on Wednesday, upholding a ruling that the U.S. paper industry was “materially injured” by imports of supercalendered paper from three mills in Canada owned by Port Hawkesbury Paper,…
Port Hawkesbury Paper LP is vowing to use the North American Free Trade Agreement to fight a penalizing tariff imposed on its paper exports to the United States. Management at the Nova Scotia mill was disappointed when the U.S. International Trade Commission announced Wednesday it would uphold a 20.18 per cent tariff placed on supercalendered…
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is applauding an issues paper released by the Canadian Climate Forum that documents how forests and products made from tree fibre will play an increasingly critical role in the transition to a low carbon economy. The study “Contributing to Climate Change Solutions” authored by scientist Dr.Stephen Colombo was…
Terrace’s only sawmill has shut down one of its main wood processing units as log supply and foreign markets dwindle, which is the second slowdown in the last year. “This time the mill has cut production by half,” said Skeena Sawmills official Roger Keery last week. “Our sawmill isn’t running but the planner mill is…
Resolute Forest Products is stepping up efforts to counter dwindling demand for paper by accelerating its entry into the North American tissue business. The Montreal-based company expects to become the continent’s 10th largest tissue maker — joining Canadian rivals Cascades and KP Tissue — with the acquisition of Florida-based Atlas Paper and investing in one…
Pointe-Claire will cut down 325 ash trees on public property over the next four months to prevent the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer. For a variety of reasons, the trees tagged for removal could not be treated by TreeAzin, a liquid that can help prevent infestations of the tiny beetle that has already killed millions of…
Graduates of a new forestry equipment operator program say they are ready to get to work. “The program has given me the knowledge I need to excel,” said Alkali Lake resident Sheldon Paul during the grad celebration held Friday at the Old School Training and Recreation Complex in Riske Creek. “There was a lot to…