by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
A leading Canadian public health official has commended New Brunswick’s review of a controversial herbicide used by the forestry industry and NB Power. Dr. John McLaughlin, the chief science officer and senior scientist with Public Health Ontario, reviewed the...
by Working Forest | Aug 22, 2016 | Archives
Photo: Dr.Oliver Konter, Mainz More than a thousand years ago, in the 940s, Europe was a very different place. The Byzantine Empire was at its peak and Vikings sailed the seas. In the midst of it all sat a little sapling, one that would grow into a tree that still...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood-lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin Moen told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that negotiations for a new softwood deal...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
As an October deadline approaches, Canada and the U.S. continue to grapple with a trade dispute that sometimes seems like its been going on forever. Despite being the world’s largest partners, an agreement on softwood lumber continues to elude both sides, raising...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
Ottawa is leaving the forestry sector vulnerable to another punitive trade dispute with its inability to secure a new softwood lumber agreement, says Kamloops MP Cathy McLeod. B.C.’s forestry sector is particularly at risk. More than 15,000 jobs were lost in the...
