by Working Forest | Sep 19, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, and his provincial counterparts renewed their commitment to strongly support and defend the Canadian forest industry. The members of the Federal-Provincial Task Force on Softwood...
by Working Forest | Sep 19, 2017 | Archives
A conversation with a business partner affected by Hurricane Harvey led to a load of donated lumber travelling from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to Houston, Texas. More than US$15,000 of lumber has been donated to Houston Habitat for Humanity by White River Forest...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2017 | Archives
Haliburton, Ont. — Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve has partnered with Bluesource Canada to leverage the value generated by the Ontario carbon market. The privately-owned forest is committing to long-term stewardship that maximizes CO2 emissions sequestered...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2017 | Archives
MONTREAL – WoodRise, a global conference dedicated to mid-rise and tall wood buildings, is running in Bordeaux, France, this week. Organised by the Institut technologique FCBA (France), FPInnovations (Canada), and the Building Research Institute (Japan), with...
by Working Forest | Sep 14, 2017 | Archives
A coalition of municipal leaders, chambers of commerce, unions, and the forest sector are raising concerns that draft provincial species at risk policy will jeopardize jobs in northern and rural Ontario. The Ontario Forestry Coalition has been repeatedly requesting...
