by Working Forest | Aug 29, 2017 | Archives
PORTLAND, Ore. –– Blount International announced two promotions in their International and North American sales groups within their Forestry, Lawn & Garden (FLAG) division. Scott Harris has been promoted to vice-president of North American sales and Stephane...
by Working Forest | Aug 29, 2017 | Archives
SFI has announced additional speakers for the 2017 SFI Annual Conference – Forests. A Way of Life – September 27-29, in Ottawa. The speaker line-up includes The Honourable Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources; JP Gladu, president and CEO,...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – Structurlam is the first Canadian manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative SFI 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Structurlam produces mass timber products including CLT. “Wood is the only...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2017 | Archives
Wood supply continues to be a concern for mills near in Williams Lake, B.C., as the wildfire season unfolds. Since July 7, logging operations have been shut down in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region due to the fire danger risk. But even before that, inventory was low, the...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2017 | Archives
A University of New Brunswick historian says the province could be witnessing the collapse of its marketing board system for private woodlots, according to a story on CBC News. William Parenteau says the stakes are high as J.D. Irving Ltd. and other industry players...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2017 | Archives
Denis Lebel is poised to become the next president and CEO of Quebec’s forest industry association, Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec (CIFQ), starting in September. He succeeds André Tremblay, who has led the association since 2011. Lebel is a former...
