by Working Forest | Nov 28, 2017 | Archives
SAINT-HYACINTHE, QUE – Tissue and packaging manufacturer Cascades is encouraging employees to switch to electric vehicles, with direct financial incentives and infrastructure development. The company has installed twenty-two 240‑V charging stations and one 480‑V fast...
by Working Forest | Nov 23, 2017 | Archives
TORONTO – A group of municipal and Indigenous leaders, unions representatives and forest professionals visited the Ontario Legislature on November 22 to dispel misinformation about Ontario’s forest sector and to urge the government to avoid unintended consequences...
by Working Forest | Nov 23, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – Forestry, energy and mining are the targeted sectors for the federal government’s new $155-million program that will fund clean technology projects, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve environmental outcomes. “Clean growth is good for...
by Working Forest | Nov 23, 2017 | Archives
“How did we get so detached from the things we use every single day?” Stacie Carroll wonders in a recent commentary published by the Chronicle Herald. “It should be mandatory for people who use forest products such as toilet paper, sandwich wrappers, paper cups,...
by Working Forest | Nov 23, 2017 | Archives
The announced closure of a provincial tree seed facility is causing concern among some in Ontario’s forest industry. In a letter to the editor submitted by Barb Boysen, general manager of the Forest Gene Conservation Association and Melissa Spearing, FGCA’s Seed...
