by Working Forest | Jan 28, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Forestry contractors who need money to try to weather losses from the Northern Pulp shutdown are being offered up to $180,000 in short-term loans. It is an effort to tide them over while they search for new buyers for their wood. Jeff Bishop,...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
We regret to announce that Biomass North Development Centre has ceased operations. It has been a challenging and rewarding five years, and we are proud of the role we have played in the emerging bioeconomy. We’ve brokered meaningful partnerships through B2B activities...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
Last June, Sidewalk Labs announced a plan to design the world’s first all-timber high-rise neighbourhood, located on Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Of course, building with timber is not a new idea — people have been doing it since at least the Neolithic Age. Yet...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
Vancouver, B.C.– The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2020 Forestry Scholarship. Each year, twelve $1500 entrance scholarships are awarded to students pursuing post-secondary education or training in...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Alberta will allow construction of 12-storey buildings using engineered wood beginning this spring in advance of the new National Building Code that will be published later this year. The announcement was made in Edmonton Friday by Alberta Municipal...
