by Working Forest | Apr 30, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
Vancouver, BC — The annual FEA-Canada Billion Board Foot Club list of top global lumber companies’ production recorded a net decline in 2019. The list highlights firms that reach the threshold of one billion board feet (nominal count) of annual lumber output....
by Working Forest | Apr 28, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
BC — Canfor has announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual General Meeting held Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Vancouver British Columbia. A total of 105,551,802 common shares were voted at the meeting...
by Working Forest | Apr 23, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
CBC NEWS — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a ban on all open fires in or near wooded areas until Sept. 30. Government says the goal is to reduce the number of potential wildfires in the province which would require response by fisheries...
by Working Forest | Apr 21, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
A thousand litres of seawater can contain up to 8.3 million particles of microplastics. Until now, identifying these very small particles has been difficult – usually they are only detected once they have accumulated in the bodies of fish. A method developed at VTT...
by Working Forest | Apr 14, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
By Andrew Bell BNNBLOOMBERG — B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison faces political opposition if he tries to merge Canfor Corp. and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., according to analysts who are racing to assess what’s happening behind the scenes after West Fraser...
by Working Forest | Apr 10, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
TORONTO — The Ontario government has launched a new Ontario Jobs and Recovery Committee which will focus on getting businesses up and running and people back to work after the COVID-19 pandemic is over. While the government’s primary focus is on combatting the...
