by Working Forest | Jan 19, 2016 | Archives
The Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs is holding a hearing in Thunder Bay on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 regarding Pre-Budget Consultations. The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) looks forward to presenting to the Standing Committee and...
by Working Forest | Jan 19, 2016 | Archives
Tolko Industries Ltd. announced Monday it plans to curtail the eight inch canter line at its Lakeview Mill in Williams Lake effective March 4, 2016. It’s a move that comes because of the ongoing degradation in log fibre quality, increasing log costs and the...
by Working Forest | Jan 19, 2016 | Archives
The New Brunswick government is going to court to get its hands on almost $1 million in insurance money for a fire that destroyed the Miramichi Lumber Products sawmill a year ago. Opportunities New Brunswick has filed a lawsuit demanding that Lloyd’s...
by Working Forest | Jan 19, 2016 | Archives
Norbord Inc. today announced that the Quebec Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks has terminated the wood license associated with its curtailed Val-d’Or, Quebec OSB mill. Production at the Val-d’Or mill was indefinitely suspended in 2012 following...
by Working Forest | Jan 19, 2016 | Archives
Nova Scotia Power is defending the suite of rates and tariffs it wants to impose on renewable energy producers who use its grid to get into the retail electricity business. “The tariffs are fair and transparent,” Nova Scotia Power vice president Mark...
