by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2019 | Archives
BLOOMBERG ECONOMICS — The Trump administration ratcheted up its pressure on the World Trade Organization by raising the possibility of blocking the approval of the institution’s biennial budget and effectively halting its work starting next year, according to a...
by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2019 | Archives
KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK — The Merritt log haulers who organized a truck convoy in support of B.C.’s forestry industry were at the Thompson Nicola Regional District Thursday to continue advocacy efforts, according to a report in Kamloops This Week. Frank Etchart and...
by Working Forest | Nov 13, 2019 | Archives
Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, has released the following statement in response to the permanent closure of the Tolko Industries lumber mill in Kelowna: “I was disappointed to...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
The Montréal Wood Convention is the wood trade show in Canada. For over seven years, the Quebec Wood Export Bureau, in association with the Quebec Forest Industry Council, the Maritime Lumber Bureau and the Ontario Forest Industries Association organizes and...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
By Judith Elson Active: 14 November 1916 – 1920; 1940 – 1945 During the First World War huge quantities of wood were needed on the Western Front: to shore up trench walls and line muddy trench floors; to make stakes for barbed wire fences; to construct corduroy roads...
by Working Forest | Nov 11, 2019 | Archives
CMHC –The national trend in housing starts decreased in October. Multi-family starts in urban centres trended lower following 4 months of consecutive gains, offsetting a modest increase in the trend of urban single-detached starts in October. The trend in...
