by Working Forest | Sep 26, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Forestry and lumber businesses make the cut for a prosperous industry during the current economic downturn. High Prairie Forest Products continues to thrive since the parent company West Fraser Timber Co. bought the former Buchanan Lumber in April 2014. “It hasn’t...
by Working Forest | Sep 26, 2016 | Archives
There’s some nervousness for Alberta’s forestry companies. But there’s also talk of new opportunity in China. The Softwood Lumber Agreement with the United States is about to close, and Alberta’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade sees reaching a deal as ‘very...
by Working Forest | Sep 26, 2016 | Archives
Researchers from UBC have helped discover a pattern of genes in two coniferous trees that help them to rapidly adapt to changing climates. Sally Aitken, professor of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC, co-authored the study that found the same set of 47 genes in...
by Working Forest | Sep 26, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
The mayor of Merritt says he’s angry about Tolko Industries’ decision to close a sawmill that employs 200 people in his community. Neil Menard says the company had set up a meeting with city officials last week but cancelled it, and now he knows why. Tolko...
by Working Forest | Sep 26, 2016 | Archives
The planned closure of Tolko’s Merritt sawmill by the end of the year — throwing 200 workers out of a job — is the latest in 15 years of joblessness and permanent shutdowns in the Interior’s forest sector. Citing a lack of timber, Tolko Industries Ltd. announced this...
