by Working Forest | Nov 30, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Hornepayne Lumber and Hornepayne Power are receiving a $4 million equity investment from an alliance of three First Nation communities in northeastern Ontario. The investment group, Northeast Superior First Nation Investment LP, is taking a 30 per cent ownership stake...
by Working Forest | Nov 30, 2017 | Archives
WINN, MI — Morbark has completed the acquisition of Rayco Manufacturing, which designs and produces an innovative line of environmental equipment, including stump cutters, forestry mulchers and brush chippers. The transaction is the first acquisition since...
by Working Forest | Nov 30, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
SARNIA, Ont. – A building block for the support of early-stage Canadian bioeconomy and cleantech companies has been announced by Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC). BIC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each of five key venture capital firms...
by Working Forest | Nov 30, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – The federal government formally requested World Trade Organization (WTO) consultations with the United States concerning the recent anti-dumping and countervailing duty determinations on imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada. A statement...
by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2017 | Archives
The successful development and commercial licensing of a Christmas tree species that will hold its needles longer to allow for earlier shipping was recently announced at Dalhousie University’s Agricultural Campus in Bible Hill, N.S., the Chronicle Herald reports. The...