by Working Forest | Jul 10, 2020 | Archives
THE WALLSTREET JOURNAL — The hottest commodity in the U.S. these days is wood. Prices for forest products like lumber and plywood have soared because of booming demand from home builders making up for lost time, a DIY explosion sparked by stay-at-home orders and...
by Working Forest | Jul 10, 2020 | Archives
TORONTO & OTTAWA, Ontario/Businesswire, Financial Post — United Steelworkers National Director Ken Neumann told the federal Standing Committee on International Trade that COVID-19 has exposed fundamental problems with the international trading system and Canada’s...
by Working Forest | Jul 10, 2020 | Archives
NORTH BAY, ON – On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, from 12:00 to 1:00 pm ET, Workplace Safety North (WSN) hosts its third COVID-19 Conversations free webinar titled “Returning to the Workplace: Legal Considerations for Employers.”The webinar series is designed to help...
by Working Forest | Jul 9, 2020 | Archives
LUNENBURG, N.S., The Chronicle Herald — An invasive insect from Asia appears to now have a foothold in southwestern Nova Scotia — and it is on the move. The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), a pint-sized sap-sucking pest, feeds on the storage cells located at the base of...
by Working Forest | Jul 9, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
Two University of Toronto professors are among the scientists leading the Wildland Fire Research Network – a new, Canada-wide coalition of seven forest-fire researchers at six different academic institutions.Professor Emeritus David Martell and Associate Professor...
