Stack test results released Friday show Northern Pulp’s emissions have improved since the last tests were conducted in April. The results, posted by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and completed July 24 by Stantec Consulting Ltd., were the first since the new precipitator began operating in June. Particulate emissions from the recovery boiler are…
The Northern Pulp mill is taking the province of Nova Scotia to court. Documents filed in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on Friday challenge dozens of terms and conditions in the mill’s industrial approval and five-year operating permit issued by the Environment Department in January. In April, the mill appealed that decision to Randy…
The wildfire burning in Waterton in southern Alberta is now contained and Parks Canada says it’s fully under control. All trails that were closed by the fire are expected to reopen today, but hikers are advised some fire crews will still be in the area. Parks Canada is also working with the U.S. National Park Service…
One month after evacuees from northern Saskatchewan started to return home, the province still has 47 active forest fires left to battle. Even so, the number of forest fires is less than half the 98 reported on July 20. “So now, we’ve fallen well below. We’ve managed to contain many of those fires working with…
Scientists say climate change is forcing the boreal forest that covers much of northern Canada to a tipping point. The study, published today in the journal Science, points out that temperatures are expected to rise faster and higher in the boreal forest than anywhere on Earth. Those temperatures are likely to bring drier conditions, new…
Wood is arguably the greenest building material, and wow, there is a whole log of arguing about it from the concrete and steel industries. But the Province of Québec is covered in trees, and now has factories that can produce Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) a sort of plywood on steroids that is solid, strong and yes,…
Forest stewardship plans intended to guide logging in British Columbia and offer transparency about forestry activities are failing to deliver results that are enforceable and do not provide information to the public that is meaningful, the province’s forestry watchdog said Wednesday. Forest licensees are supposed to spell out in the plans how they will meet…
As the provincial regulator of forest professionals, the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) supports long-term sustainable forestry and is mandated with supporting its members to provide excellence in forest stewardship. A recent Forest Practices Board (FPB) report analyzed Forest Stewardship Plans (FSPs), pointing out deficiencies and making recommendations on how they can be strengthened….
Ontario is celebrating 100 years of worker health and safety in the forestry, pulp and paper industries. From September 24 to 25 in Thunder Bay, Workplace Safety North (WSN) will host a centennial conference, with the help of the Lakehead Regional Safety Council, to celebrate health and safety excellence and share the latest information and…
McRae Lumber was honoured with the Forestry Legacy Award from the Bancroft Area Forest Industry Association. One of the goals of BAFIA is to promote the long term sustainability and vitality of the forest industry in the Bancroft area. The Bancroft area as well as the Ottawa Valley has been very dependent on the forest…