A weekend with slightly cooler temperatures and a bit of rain did make a difference to crews battling fires burning on the coast of the province. Fire Information Officer Ryan Turcot says the rain helped crews contain the Wood Lake Fire near Harrison Hot Springs. “The forecasts are calling for rain along the coast over…
With an exchange of gifts at the new Campbell River Band office Friday, Wei Wai Kum Chief Robert Pollard and Steve Thompson, Minister of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, signed a woodland licence agreement designed to enhance employment and economic opportunities in the region. The 25-year First Nations woodland licence allows the Wei Wai…
The U.S. Department of Commerce will decide by October whether to maintain or lift a 20 per cent countervailing duty imposed last week on paper imports from the controversial mill in Point Tupper and three other Canadian mills. Officials are investigating whether the Nova Scotia government has subsidized the paper mill to the detriment of…
Resolute Forest Products is fighting back against years of attacks on its forestry practices by launching a publicity campaign that counters what it says are inaccurate allegations from environmental groups Greenpeace and ForestEthics. Full page ads began to appear Friday in several Canadian newspapers. The Montreal-based company said it plans to spend “significant” sums on…
There’s a tiny new weapon being used in the fight against the destructive emerald ash borer in Ontario. The federal government recently approved the introduction of a foreign breed of parasitic, non-stinging wasp that destroys ash borer eggs from within. Scientists are now starting to release them into the National Capital Region. In their native…
Prince George, B.C.- Just when Conifex will rebuild its idled Mackenzie Site 1 mill is not known.Conifex has just announced it has purchased a mill in Arkansas. “It’s important to Conifex to secure this ideal site and high quality infrastructure in one of the most advantaged softwood supply regions in North America” says Conifex CEO Ken…
Western Forest Products (TSX:WEF) had net income of $19.1 million in 2015’s second quarter – down 35% compared with $29.2 million in the same period last year. Revenue for the period ending June 30 was $289.2 million, compared with $296.2 million for the second quarter last year. Western credited an increase in specialty product sales…
Owner plans to be in production this fall The Riverstone Plywood Mill in Miramichi, New Brunswick should be back in production this fall. According to the Miramichi Leader, the mill received $2 million from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) on July 31. Owner Jean-Yves Cardinal of Quebec told the newspaper that although the mill had…
Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, said Thursday that it is buying the former George-Pacific sawmill south of El Dorado. The statement said Conifex has completed the purchase of the outstanding shares and shareholder loans of a private Delaware company. The consideration consisted of 100,000 common shares of the company at a deemed price of…
Unless they’re there to hand out paycheques, thank-you gift baskets or actually swing an axe and hold a hose, I could do without ever seeing another politician at a fire. It’s obviously contrived. But there’s something unsettling about watching one roll in to an ongoing crisis wearing their man/woman-of-the-people wardrobe. They speak to the front…