by Working Forest | May 29, 2015 | Archives
The Board of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is launching an executive search for a new President and CEO. The current office-holder, David Lindsay, has announced his intention to move on by the end of 2015 to return to the Toronto area to be closer...
by Working Forest | May 29, 2015 | Archives
Experts are blaming El Nino for speeding up nature’s clock and forcing firefighters to deploy weeks ahead of normal to battle wildfires across rural Western Canada. They say the natural phenomenon that cycles every two to seven years has been activated early...
by Working Forest | May 29, 2015 | Archives
Department says negotiations with RenTech still include Roddickton-based company The provincial government paid about $185,000 last year to help the struggling Holson Forest Products in Roddickton. In 2014-15, it offered up $65,000 for insurance costs on equipment at...
by Working Forest | May 29, 2015 | Archives
On Thursday morning, acting environment minister Mark Furey issued an order stating Northern Pulp is not allowed to restart operations until its new precipitator is up and running. On Thursday afternoon, Northern Pulp general manager Bruce Chapman said the Pictou...
by Working Forest | May 29, 2015 | Archives
A few months ago he had a plane ticket purchased and was contemplating leaving his home, family and friends behind. Now he’s just looking for a place to cut. Gilbert Ash, a Portland man who had been trying to work out a problem with a permit to cut crown timber that...
