by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2019 | Archives
Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has released the following statement in response to the permanent closure of the Tolko Industries lumber mill in Kelowna: “I was disappointed to...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
The Montréal Wood Convention is the wood trade show in Canada. For over seven years, the Quebec Wood Export Bureau, in association with the Quebec Forest Industry Council, the Maritime Lumber Bureau and the Ontario Forest Industries Association organizes and...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
By Judith Elson Active: 14 November 1916 – 1920; 1940 – 1945 During the First World War huge quantities of wood were needed on the Western Front: to shore up trench walls and line muddy trench floors; to make stakes for barbed wire fences; to construct corduroy roads...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
CMHC –The national trend in housing starts decreased in October. Multi-family starts in urban centres trended lower following 4 months of consecutive gains, offsetting a modest increase in the trend of urban single-detached starts in October. The trend in...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
NEW BRUNSWICK, CBC NEWS — New Brunswick’s minister of natural resources and energy development says he has the final say over a disputed wood allocation tied to the now-closed Irving-owned sawmill in Baker Brook. The sawmill, owned by J.D. Irving Ltd.,...
