by Working Forest | Apr 19, 2021 | Archives
KAMLOOPS, CFJC TODAY — One of 24 projects who received funding from the B.C. government’s Supply Chain Resiliency Grant program is centered in Kamloops. Domtar Pulp Mill received $194,000 from the province. The program funded a grant of up to $400,000 to...
by smcmilla | Jan 27, 2021 | Archives
Tahsis mayor Martin Davis stands with an old-growth tree in McKelvie Creek Valley. The village of Tahsis signed a Letter of Understanding with forestry company Western Forest Products to establish the McKelvie watershed as a protected area. Photo courtesy, TJ Watt....
by Working Forest | Nov 26, 2020 | Archives
TORONTO — The Ontario government is making gasoline that drivers use everyday cleaner by becoming the first province to require fuel suppliers to increase the amount of renewable content in regular-grade gasoline to 15 percent. This change is expected to result in an...
by Working Forest | Nov 26, 2020 | Archives
BLOOMBERG— Strong homebuilding activity in North America will mean tight wood supply and demand for several more years, according to the top executive of the world’s largest lumber producer. “In the next five years, we see housing starts continuing to be strong and an...
by Working Forest | Nov 26, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — New Brunswick lumber exporters are getting a break on duties that the U.S. government has been applying to their exports to the American market for the last three years. The U.S. Commerce Department has decided to lower the 20.2 per cent duties it has...
by Working Forest | Nov 26, 2020 | Archives
TORONTO – The United Steelworkers union (USW) welcomes the announcement from the U.S. Department of Commerce that tariffs for some Canadian lumber products are being reduced, but the union maintains that solving the softwood lumber dispute must be made a priority in...
