Wood marketing boards face legal challenges in N.B.

A University of New Brunswick historian says the province could be witnessing the collapse of its marketing board system for private woodlots, according to a story on CBC News. William Parenteau says the stakes are high as J.D. Irving Ltd. and other industry players...

Former MP Denis Lebel to lead Quebec group

Denis Lebel is poised to become the next president and CEO of Quebec’s forest industry association, Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec (CIFQ), starting in September. He succeeds André Tremblay, who has led the association since 2011. Lebel is a former...

Wright becomes Dean of U of T forestry

Professor Robert M. Wright has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Forestry at University of Toronto for a two-year term ending June 30, 2019. Professor Wright holds his faculty appointment in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design and...