Three Nova Scotia families are being recognized for their management of woodlands. The Woodland Owners of the Year are: • Martha Brown, eastern region and overall provincial winner • Norman, Gary and Brian Melanson, western region • Mike Oulton and family, central region “This award recognizes their commitment to innovative and skilled woodlot management that…
Following a trial, McKenzie Lumber Inc. has been found guilty and sentenced to a fine of $48,000 after a worker’s arm was crushed by an industrial log-sawing machine. On March 12, 2013, workers were on the McKenzie Lumber Inc. worksite at 120 Mills Road in Hudson, Ontario (near Sioux Lookout), using an industrial saw machine…
A case of Dutch Elm Disease in the city’s Queen Elizabeth neighbourhood appears to be an isolated case after nine trees in the vicinity tested negative for the wilting disease. “We’re pretty lucky,” said Michelle Chartier, the city’s superintendent of forestry and pest management. “That was kind of a relief to have no more positive…
It has taken more than four decades, but a new statue should appear on the Quebec shore of the Ottawa River next year commemorating the late tycoon Garfield Weston’s role in the pulp and paper industry in the National Capital Region. And worry not: it won’t cost taxpayers a dime. Weston, who died in 1978, became president of George…
They’re so tiny you can hardly see them but these little wasps may be the answer to saving the ash tree population in Ontario. The federal government has approved the controlled release of two nearly identical species of wasp that feed on the eggs and larva of the emerald ash borer. The wasps do not have stingers and are around the size…
(Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding Resolute Forest Products and its role in Canada’s boreal forest.) UNIFOR is Canada’s largest private-sector union, with more than 305,000 members across the country, working in every major sector of the Canadian economy. The United Steelworkers is the largest private-sector union…
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today released its 2015 Sustainability Report providing insight into the company’s priorities, and outlining opportunities on the journey towards becoming a more sustainable business. The report reinforces Domtar’s commitments and provides longer-term context for its decisions and activities, while revealing the connectivity between the two. “Sustainability at Domtar shapes…
Mayors from the member communities of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) met with representatives of communities in Northern Quebec, as well as the forestry industry and First Nations in Timmins on Tuesday afternoon. The diverse group came together to discuss ways to counter the messaging of environmentalist groups about forest industry practices. Much…
What do you call it when a couple dozen silent people gaze at a lot of trees along a stick, occasionally turning it up at an arm’s length and focusing their eyes at its top end? The Finnish Championships in forestry skills, of course. This is the most important task in the competition, and the…
Wildfire activity throughout B.C. has calmed somewhat from the situation experienced just a couple of weeks ago. There are 127 wildfires burning in B.C. right now, three of them spotted yesterday. Those numbers are well below the days when as many as 18 new fires were being reported on practically a daily basis as most…