by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2017 | Archives
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that the U.S. lumber industry is materially injured by imports of Canadian softwood lumber. The decision will trigger the application of countervailing and anti-dumping duties of about 20 per cent, announced by the...
by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2017 | Archives
Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey wooden building in Norway, will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building, says its builder Moelven. “Mjøstårnet sets new standards for timber constructions. The...
by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2017 | Archives
VICTORIA – In a new report released Dec. 5, the British Columbia’s Forest Practices Board is recommending that government make a number of improvements to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). These improvements all have been recommended in previous board...
by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2017 | Archives
Controversy once again dogs the Northern Pulp mill in New Glasgow, N.S., after a signing event for a book about the history of the mill was cancelled. The Coles bookstore in New Glasgow informed author Joan Baxter that her book signing for The Mill: Fifty Years of...
by Working Forest | Dec 6, 2017 | Archives
The mayor of a forest-dependent community in B.C. raises questions about how rising hydro rates and a glut of hydroelectric power from the Site C dam project could affect pulp and paper companies in a recent opinion piece published by TheTyee.ca. Bob Simpson, mayor of...
