by Working Forest | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives
With a 6% increase in sales revenue to a total of around CAD1.037bn, Canadian Western Forest Products (WFP) succeeded in surpassing the CAD1bn mark last year for the first time in its history but its EBITDA and net result remained well short of the previous year’s...
by Working Forest | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives
A Halifax-area lumber producer hopes to have its sawmill running again within six weeks after a recent flash freeze led to the collapse of one of its main buildings. Hefler Lumber co-owner Floyd Gaetz says the failure happened about three weeks ago, and initially...
by Working Forest | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives
Right now there is a window of opportunity to change forest management planning north of Kenora. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is looking at the possibility of establishing an Enhanced Sustainable Forest Licence (ESFL) for the Whiskey Jack Forest....
by Working Forest | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives
Five years ago Norm Goodell cut down trees he wasn’t supposed to. It was a mistake a hundred years in the making. McBride’s community forest contracted with Walter Jervis, who contracted with Goodell, to log a block of forest about 20km up Hwy 16. The community forest...
by Working Forest | Mar 30, 2015 | Archives
How much subsidy is too much? Two American pulp and paper mill owners are alleging that Nova Scotia has unfairly subsidizedPort Hawkesbury Paper Corp. In documents filed with the United States International Trade Commission, they state that the subsidies have allowed...
