by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2015 | Archives
The Highway of Heroes Tribute and Forests Ontario have launched a campaign to honour Canada’s fallen by planting 117,000 trees — one for every soldier since Confederation — along Highway 401 between Trenton and Toronto. In 2007, the portion of Highway 401 between Glen...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2015 | Archives
Prince George, B.C.- Conifex has made its decision, and the El Dorado sawmill in the Southern US will be upgraded first. Conifex had been assessing both its idled Mackenzie Site One sawmill and its recently purchased El Dorado facility in Arkansas as to which...
by Working Forest | Nov 10, 2015 | Archives
The union is decrying the closing of the Canal Flats sawmill, which will officially close up after nearly 100 years of operation in the Columbia Valley in various forms. According to Doug Singer, the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-405, the union members...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
Weyerhaeuser Co. is buying Plum Creek Timber Co. for $8.44 billion to form what is expected to be one of the world’s biggest timberland and forest products companies. The company will keep the Weyerhaeuser name and have more than 13 million acres of timberland,...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2015 | Archives
Seven more biomass installations are in line for government facilities early next year, says Energy Minister Paula Biggar. Already in place at 13 government properties, Biggar says the heating method reduces greenhouse gas and supports local industry. “Biomass heat is...
