by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
In an unprecedented move, elected municipal officials and forest industry representatives from Quebec and Ontario met in Ottawa today to ask the various levels of government to step up their efforts to promote the sustainable forestry practices of Quebec, Ontario, and...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
In the wake of increasing threats to Winnipeg’s tree population, city officials undertook a massive project in 2009 to build an inventory of every tree on public space in order to help better protect its valuable urban forest. Nearly a hundred years of...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
Simcoe County Forestry has launched a communications campaign to educate residents, municipalities and stakeholders about steps they can take to protect their ash trees against the invasive emerald ash borer (EAB). The EAB is a wood-boring beetle typically eight to 14...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
Within one year, Ontario Power Generation brought online two pellet-fueled power stations, both converted from coal. While Atikokan Generating Station uses traditional wood pellets to generate up to 200 MW of electricity, Thunder Bay Generation Station is a peaking...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2015 | Archives
United Steelworkers official Adam Connell is seeking names for a petition calling for a public inquiry into the sawmill blasts that took place at Lakeland Mills and Babine Forest Products. So far Connell, who is in Prince George this week, has gathered 5,200 names and...
