by Working Forest | Dec 12, 2016 | Archives
The 203 employees of Merritt’s Tolko sawmill report for their last week at the mill Monday. The workers ran the last logs through the mill last week and now are shutting down the site. The mill closes this Friday, with no reopening scheduled. Some employees have...
by Working Forest | Dec 12, 2016 | Archives
The Northern Ontario Bioeconomy Strategy is moving forward, after the federal and provincial governments awarded funding to biomass proponents. The governments jointly awarded $216,792 — matching contributions of $108,396 — to the Biomass North Development Centre and...
by Working Forest | Dec 12, 2016 | Archives
Companies around the world are working to produce nanocellulose in commercial quantities, paving the way to a vast array of products based on materials derived from trees, as they attempt to end our dependence on petrochemicals. “I think it will give us the...
by Working Forest | Dec 8, 2016 | Archives
People interested in land-based opportunities in B.C. will now have easy access to information and making applications thanks to a new website. Minister of State for Rural Economic Development Donna Barnett was in Williams Lake Wednesday to officially launch the...
by Working Forest | Dec 8, 2016 | Archives
The chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band has decided not to attend the Assembly of First Nations meeting in Gatineau, Que. because she has more pressing issues to deal with at home. The band is in a battle with the British Columbian government over logging. More than...
