by Working Forest | Apr 18, 2017 | Archives
With Spray Lake Sawmill’s logging operations in the Ghost Valley coming to a close, residents invited Stephen Legault, from Yellowstone to Yukon, to speak to Ghost residents about the future of the land they fought hard to save from being clearcut. “We’ve all seen the...
by Working Forest | Apr 18, 2017 | Archives
Yukon’s Teslin Tlingit Council is getting a boost from the territorial government, receiving $150,000 as they work to convert ten community buildings to biomass heating. The First Nation is planning to use the money to assist with labour costs in converting the...
by Working Forest | Apr 18, 2017 | Archives
The last uncut stand of Parry Sound pine, in Blair and Mowat townships south of the French River and straddling the Pickerel River, fell to the logger’s axe in the 1920s. It was a relatively young forest, and had so far been passed up due to the smallish size of the...
by Working Forest | Apr 11, 2017 | Archives
Changes to the building code in Nova Scotia will hopefully give a boost to sawmills, said a local operator. “Anything that uses more lumber is a positive thing for any sawmill,” said Eric Williams, a co-owner of Williams Brothers Ltd. in Barneys River. The province...
by Working Forest | Apr 11, 2017 | Archives
Anyone who read the most recent federal budget could be forgiven for thinking that the most important sector in Canada is clean tech. While there are opportunities to expand that sector, policy-makers would be wise to recognize that exports from natural resource...
