by Working Forest | Jul 21, 2015 | Archives
Not so long ago, Chad Wasilenkoff was a darling of the stock market, having found a way to transform money-losing old paper mills into low-cost producers of rayon that sent shares of his Fortress Paper Ltd. soaring on the TSX. But Fortress fell out of favour, done in...
by Working Forest | Jul 21, 2015 | Archives
The Grand Chief of the Cree Nation is in Waswanipi, Que., trying to calm concerns over a forestry agreement signed last week between the Cree Nation and the province of Quebec. The deal was signed last Monday in Quebec City to resolve a long-standing dispute over how...
by Working Forest | Jul 21, 2015 | Archives
Two new evacuation orders have been issued in British Columbia because of wildfires. The latest was issued early Tuesday in West Kelowna for residents in about 70 properties on the west side of Okanagan Lake. The residents (on Westside Rd.) were asked to report to a...
by Working Forest | Jul 20, 2015 | Archives
Saying this year’s wildfires may be the new normal, the premiers of British Columbia and Saskatchewan are calling for a national approach to fighting forest fires. Saskatchewan’s Brad Wall is calling for a partnership between the provinces and the federal...
by Working Forest | Jul 20, 2015 | Archives
A Spruce budworm infestation is on its way and it appears to be entering a new outbreak phase in northeastern Ontario, according to CBC Sudbury’s backroads adventurer Bill Steer. The Spruce budworm is the most destructive pest of spruce and fir forests in North...
