by Working Forest | Aug 8, 2017 | Archives
MONTREAL – The Québec Superior Court has approved the transaction involving the acquisition by Rayonier Advanced Materials of all of the outstanding shares of Tembec. The deal is structured as a statutory arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
TORONTO – George Brown College plans to construct Ontario’s first tall wood institutional building. The planned 12-storey, carbon-neutral facility will be home to a Tall Wood Building Research Institute. Called “The Arbour”, it will serve as a living laboratory both...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – The Government of Canada released on July 27 its proposed federal action plan on the protection and recovery of the boreal caribou. In addition to plans and actions to protect and recover boreal caribou, the federal action plan also presents recovery measures...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
The new owners of Hefler Forest Products in Middle Sackville, N.S., are slowing re-opening the shuttered sawmill, building on the solid foundation of the mill’s biomass power plant. The 3.1-megawatt power plant is under a 20-year contract with Nova Scotia Power. Stan...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
Tahtsa Group has rebuilt and upgraded Corewood Sawmill in Houston, B.C., to operate cooperatively with Canfor and Pinnacle Renewable Energy. An article on HoustonToday.com explains that Corewood will use low-grade material that is unsuitable for commodity lumber from...
