by Working Forest | Nov 3, 2015 | Archives
Drones flying above wildfires in British Columbia last summer hampered aerial efforts to control the blazes. But around the same time, the province was also using the unmanned aerial vehicles to determine if drones could be used to help fight wildfires. The B.C....
by Working Forest | Nov 3, 2015 | Archives
A recent layover in Montreal was an opportunity for tea with friends, now in their 80s, who grumbled that the city was back in the hands of developers just as it was during the pre-Olympics boom of the 1970s. A couple of days later, back in Vancouver, the neighbouring...
by Working Forest | Nov 3, 2015 | Archives
Almost five years into his tenure as chairman of Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation (NFMC), Daryl Skworchinski still maintains it’s the right concept to manage the flow of Crown fibre on the North Shore of Lake Superior. Skworchinski, who also serves as CAO...
by Working Forest | Nov 3, 2015 | Archives
Canfor Corp. has closed on its US$93.5 million acquisition of El Dorado, Arkansas-based Anthony Forest Products Co. AFP operates five facilities across Arkansas and Georgia, including a sawmill, two laminating plants and two chip plants. It also runs a Sault Ste....
by Working Forest | Nov 3, 2015 | Archives
It’s a steep learning curve for Ontario’s construction and design community to adapt to building wood mid-rises. Despite changes to the Ontario Building Code last January allowing six-storey wood buildings, up from the previous limit of four, there’s been no surge of...
