Sure, women around the world have made great strides in the workplace – but many fields are still dominated by men, including one that is dear to our heart: forestry. In honor of International Women’s Day, join the Rainforest Alliance in celebrating three women, who are not only breaking down gender barriers, but also working…

With the recovery of British Columbia’s forest industry underway, tensions are also rising between coastal logging contractors and the major lumber producers they cut timber for. The B.C. Truck Loggers Association (TLA) argues that contract rates being paid aren’t keeping up with contractors’ costs and that many companies aren’t getting consistent enough work, which is…

U.S. paper producers are seeking trade action against Canadian rivals who they say are dumping their product south of the border and pricing them out of the market. The Coalition for Fair Paper Imports has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission asking that countervailing duties be…

Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code is a free guide based on a detailed code analysis and report that WoodWORKS! commissioned Morrison Hershfield to complete. This new reference tool examines, in detail, the new OBC provisions related to Mid-Rise and Combustible construction.  The intent of the tool is to help explain the provisions and provide…

A video message posted on YouTube by the mayor of Saguenay is going viral after Jean Tremblay called on all city employees and unions to take action against Greenpeace and “the intellectuals of this world.” “If things continue like this, there will be no more work for our workers. We are not able to develop projects anymore,” Tremblay says in…

The Council of Forest Industries will be holding its annual convention in Prince George April 8-9. This year’s convention will attract senior industry, service provider, customer, community leader and senior government decision makers. “This year’s convention comes at a critical juncture in our history,” said James Gorman, COFI President and CEO, in a press release….

It’s a part of a Canadian vignette that lives in so many of our memories; the crunch of sharp blades on pond ice, the brace of morning air, the smell of wood smoke from a distant chimney promising warmth for soon-to-be frozen fingers and toes. But our children, it seems, will have different memories. Across…

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Montreal, has announced that it will permanently close a paper machine at its mill in Alma, Quebec. The shutdown, slated to occur by early April 2015, represents a reduction of 75,000 metric tons of annual specialty papers production capacity. The mill, which has three paper machines, has a total annual capacity…

Much has been said recently about clearcutting on public lands in southwestern Nova Scotia, including the former Bowater lands acquired by the province in late 2012. Comments both for and against have shown a large, and potentially growing, gap between the various viewpoints of stakeholders and members of the public. Amongst that confusion, however, and…