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...
by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2017 | Archives
A recent story on a local CTV News site talks about the pending closure of the Ontario Tree Seed Plant in Angus, Ont. Ken Durst, regional services manager for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry tells CTV the facility is moving out of its industrial...
by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2017 | Archives
VICTORIA – The governments of Canada and British Columbia have developed a draft conservation agreement, under the federal Species at Risk Act, to support southern mountain caribou recovery, starting with the population known as the Central Group. The agreement sets...
