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...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
MONTRÉAL – Resolute Forest Products reported a net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, of US$74 million, compared to a net loss of US$42 million in the same period in 2016. Sales were US$858 million in the quarter, down $33 million, or four per cent, from the...
