Canfor Corp. has closed on its US$93.5 million acquisition of El Dorado, Arkansas-based Anthony Forest Products Co. AFP operates five facilities across Arkansas and Georgia, including a sawmill, two laminating plants and two chip plants. It also runs a Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., joist plant through a joint venture. “We are pleased to welcome Anthony…
It’s a steep learning curve for Ontario’s construction and design community to adapt to building wood mid-rises. Despite changes to the Ontario Building Code last January allowing six-storey wood buildings, up from the previous limit of four, there’s been no surge of building activity as architects, contractors and clients are still warming to the idea…
Event: 2015 Toronto Wood Solutions Fair Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 (7:30 am to 4:30 pm) Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 800 Level 222 Bremner Boulevard, Toronto, ON Registration: $50 +HST (registration deadline is November 17, 2015) Website: www.wood-works.ca/ontario/wsf
Resolute Forest Products CEO Richard Garneau is optimistic about the company’s future. In releasing the company’s latest report on Wednesday, Garneau said the company “is executing our strategy toward the Resolute of the future; building on the integration of two sawmills (in Ignace and Sapawe near Atikokan) this year. We’re focused on completing the Calhoun…
The July opening of Tigercat’s latest manufacturing plant – a massive 12,000-square-metre facility on Consolidated Drive in Paris – has led to new jobs, increased production and a shuffle of manufacturing work around southern Ontario. The firm has moved work to the new $12-million facility, freeing up capacity in other plants, particularly Woodstock and Cambridge….
The year 2017 will be the country’s 150th birthday. It will also be the 150th anniversary of Ontario being a province within confederation. Instead of planting 150 candles into a massive cake – although that might happen too – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP, Ted Arnott is suggesting the province celebrate with something a little longer lasting. On Oct….
The company that owns the pulp mill in Terrace Bay, Ont. has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty to seven offences under the Environmental Protection Act. AV Terrace Bay Inc. owns and operates the mill in Terrace Bay, where it converts wood to pulp. The offences involved failing to ensure runoff from the kraft pulping…
A forest union official is crying foul at burning of slash piles, like these seen in the past month in the region, that could be used for products or to create energy. Under the watch of government, B.C.’s forest industry continues to burn timber on the forest floor that could be used to create energy,…
The boreal forest that covers much of Northern Manitoba and the rest of Canada as well was the focus of two sessions at The Wildlife Society Conference in Winnipeg Oct. 17-21, a gathering of more than 1,500 wildlife and conservation professionals from around North America. Two sessions concerning the boreal forest were hold Oct. 20,…
A collaborative art project called ‘I Grieve that protests clearcutting in Surrey is taking off online. Dozens of people have written the words ‘I Grieve’ on logs and stumps found in clear cut areas throughout the city. The artist then anonymously sends a picture of their work and a message to the creator of the project, Dave…