by Working Forest | Mar 16, 2016 | Archives
Forest sector research and development is getting a boost with the help of Northern Development Initiative Trust’s new Forest Innovation Fund, says a news release on NDIT’s website. The fund will provide up to $1 million in grants over a two-year period for small and...
by Working Forest | Mar 16, 2016 | Archives
The light and noise pollution that Lavington residents have been complaining about for months from their industrial neighbours is finally getting some attention. For the second time in five months, since the Pinnacle Pellet Plant opened in late September, neighbours...
by Working Forest | Mar 15, 2016 | Archives
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Barack Obama said last week in Washington that they are committed to fixing the continuing “irritant” of the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute. “This issue … will get resolved in some fashion,” Mr. Obama said at a...
by Working Forest | Mar 15, 2016 | Archives
Grand Falls-Windsor has a rich forest resource dormant since the closure of the mill seven years ago and now it could be the subject of a study. The Centre for Forest Science and Innovation has requested a meeting with council to discuss the possibility of doing the...
by Working Forest | Mar 14, 2016 | Archives
Two new board members have been appointed to the interim board for the McBride Community Forest Corporation. Randy McFarland and Joseph Rich were appointed to two vacant seats on the board during its Feb 19th meeting. Mayor Loranne Martin says several members of the...
