by Working Forest | Apr 17, 2020 | Archives
Derek Nighbor, President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, will be appearing before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance today. Nighbor will appear as part of a COVID 19 Panel on Rural and Remote Communities and speak to the...
by Working Forest | Apr 16, 2020 | Archives
SUDBURY, ON—This year’s Mining Health and Safety Conference has moved online due to the COVID-19 outbreak. CAPTION: Roy Slack, author and President of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and Director of Cementation Americas. Originally planned...
by Working Forest | Apr 16, 2020 | Archives
WHITE RIVER, Ont. TBNEWSWATCH — A slowly improving lumber market is expected to lead to the resumption of production at two northwestern Ontario sawmills later this month.White River Forest Products and Hornepayne Lumber were both shut down on March 27, putting about...
by Working Forest | Apr 16, 2020 | Archives
SHERBROOKE, Guysbourough Journal – Rocked by shuttered markets, battered by plunging demand at Nova Scotia’s only paper mill, and cratered by COVID-19, St. Mary’s independent forest sector is hanging on by a twig, area harvesters say. “This is the worst it’s been in...
by Working Forest | Apr 16, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — A fire broke out at Cap-Pelé Sawmill Ltd. on Wednesday around 8:15 a.m., according to a source close to the business. One of the employees noticed smoke in the shop and alerted the others to get out, said Julie Doiron, whose husband works at the...
