by Working Forest | May 8, 2018 | Archives
The University of Toronto announced this week it is set to build a 14-storey academic tower made of timber on its downtown Toronto campus – expected to be the tallest mass timber and concrete hybrid building in North America. It follows a growing international trend...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2018 | Archives
Canfor Southern Pine, a leading integrated forest products company, will invest $40 million to upgrade its existing sawmill in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. A manufacturer of high-quality Southern yellow pine lumber, Canfor Southern Pine operates 14...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
Bruce Larson, Tara Marsden, and Rick Monchak have been appointed to the Forest Practices Board for two-year terms, Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has announced. Larson, who will also serve as vice-chair,...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2018 | Archives
Catalyst Paper and its host communities need the assistance promised by Ottawa sooner rather than later, B.C. Premier John Horgan has reminded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to a report in the Cowichan Valley Citizen, Horgan wrote to Trudeau after convening...
by Working Forest | May 7, 2018 | Archives
As part of an ongoing, extensive value for money review across government, Manitoba Sustainable Development has determined the Pineland Forest Nursery, near Hadashville, is no longer viable as a provincially operated entity and will be ceasing its operation on Dec....