by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
One of our Kootenay communities recently received a massive blow, affecting not just the Village of Canal Flats, but also workers throughout the area. The closure of the mill, the community’s biggest employer, will be devastating. There has been a mill in Canal Flats...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
The recently strengthened provincial climate change regulation (Specified Gas Emitter’s Regulation) has raised some eyebrows and questions as to how these targets will affect Alberta’s economic outlook. We took a close look at the bioenergy sector and found some...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
Stella-Jones Inc. today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the shares of Ram Forest Group Inc. and Ramfor Lumber Inc. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ram Forest Products Inc. and Trent Timber Treating Ltd., Ram Forest Group...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
Port Hawkesbury Paper’s old newsprint building will be torn down as the company moves forward with other ventures, including a proposed sugar extraction plant. Company spokesman Marc Dube said there’s no reason to keep the shop because there has been no turnaround in...
by Working Forest | Oct 2, 2015 | Archives
Forestry is the second largest industry in Timmins-James Bay, but the industry still recovering from a decade of decreased demand for timber brought on the crash of the U.S. housing market during the mid 2000s. Mills closed and very likely many will never be coming...
