by Working Forest | Nov 2, 2015 | Archives
The July opening of Tigercat’s latest manufacturing plant – a massive 12,000-square-metre facility on Consolidated Drive in Paris – has led to new jobs, increased production and a shuffle of manufacturing work around southern Ontario. The firm has moved work to the...
by Working Forest | Nov 2, 2015 | Archives
The year 2017 will be the country’s 150th birthday. It will also be the 150th anniversary of Ontario being a province within confederation. Instead of planting 150 candles into a massive cake – although that might happen too – Wellington-Halton Hills MPP, Ted...
by Working Forest | Nov 2, 2015 | Archives
The company that owns the pulp mill in Terrace Bay, Ont. has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty to seven offences under the Environmental Protection Act. AV Terrace Bay Inc. owns and operates the mill in Terrace Bay, where it converts wood to pulp. The offences...
by Working Forest | Nov 2, 2015 | Archives
A forest union official is crying foul at burning of slash piles, like these seen in the past month in the region, that could be used for products or to create energy. Under the watch of government, B.C.’s forest industry continues to burn timber on the forest floor...
by Working Forest | Nov 2, 2015 | Archives
The boreal forest that covers much of Northern Manitoba and the rest of Canada as well was the focus of two sessions at The Wildlife Society Conference in Winnipeg Oct. 17-21, a gathering of more than 1,500 wildlife and conservation professionals from around North...
