by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2017 | Archives
VICTORIA – In a new report released Dec. 5, the British Columbia’s Forest Practices Board is recommending that government make a number of improvements to the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA). These improvements all have been recommended in previous board...
by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2017 | Archives
Controversy once again dogs the Northern Pulp mill in New Glasgow, N.S., after a signing event for a book about the history of the mill was cancelled. The Coles bookstore in New Glasgow informed author Joan Baxter that her book signing for The Mill: Fifty Years of...
by Working Forest | Dec 6, 2017 | Archives
The mayor of a forest-dependent community in B.C. raises questions about how rising hydro rates and a glut of hydroelectric power from the Site C dam project could affect pulp and paper companies in a recent opinion piece published by TheTyee.ca. Bob Simpson, mayor of...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2017 | Archives
FREDERICTON, NB – The New Brunswick government announced measures today to combat what it considers to be unfair trade actions undertaken by the United States government against New Brunswick’s softwood lumber industry. Among those measures is the hiring of an expert...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2017 | Archives
The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) and the Coast Forest Products Association (CFPA) will become one association next year to “create a stronger, unified voice for the BC forest industry.” The two will continue under the Council of Forest Industries banner,...
by Working Forest | Dec 4, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) applauds the Ministry of Infrastructure’s announcement regarding a long-term infrastructure plan that includes climate change considerations. This announcement aligns with the forest product sector’s “30 by 30”...
