by Working Forest | Aug 12, 2015 | Archives
(Editor’s note: The following is an open letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding Resolute Forest Products and its role in Canada’s boreal forest.) UNIFOR is Canada’s largest private-sector union, with more than 305,000 members across the country, working in...
by Working Forest | Aug 12, 2015 | Archives
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today released its 2015 Sustainability Report providing insight into the company’s priorities, and outlining opportunities on the journey towards becoming a more sustainable business. The report reinforces...
by Working Forest | Aug 12, 2015 | Archives
Mayors from the member communities of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) met with representatives of communities in Northern Quebec, as well as the forestry industry and First Nations in Timmins on Tuesday afternoon. The diverse group came...
by Working Forest | Aug 12, 2015 | Archives
What do you call it when a couple dozen silent people gaze at a lot of trees along a stick, occasionally turning it up at an arm’s length and focusing their eyes at its top end? The Finnish Championships in forestry skills, of course. This is the most important task...
by Working Forest | Aug 11, 2015 | Archives
Wildfire activity throughout B.C. has calmed somewhat from the situation experienced just a couple of weeks ago. There are 127 wildfires burning in B.C. right now, three of them spotted yesterday. Those numbers are well below the days when as many as 18 new...
