by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2020 | Archives
QUEBEC CITY and TORONTO, CNW Telbec — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has released its final report finding in favor of Canada’s softwood lumber industry. In its strongly worded 226 pages, an impartial international panel of the WTO found that virtually...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2020 | Archives
Mississauga, Ontario – Steve Rhone, president of Weston Forest, has announced an agreement to purchase Bolton, Ontario-based Monterra Lumber Mills Ltd. Monterra is one of the most respected lumber remanufacturers in Ontario. They produce a wide range of high-quality...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2020 | Archives
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Firefighters in California were racing to slow the spread of wildfires that burned nearly one million acres in a week and destroyed hundreds of homes as weekend weather threatened to spark new fires and overwhelm the state’s firefighting...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2020 | Archives
The 100 Mile Development Corporation has announced Bill Hadden has been appointed the new Community Forest Manager. Hadden has been hired to assist with the oversight of logging operations in the Community Forest, as well as long term harvest planning and...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2020 | Archives
Metsä Group’s innovation company Metsä Spring and Valmet have decided to continue the development collaboration related to 3D fibre products and to invest jointly approximately Euro 20 million in a new R & D project. As part of the project, a greenfield pilot...
by Working Forest | Aug 21, 2020 | Archives
Prince George Citizen — The region’s forests are facing another beetle threat. The spruce beetle’s spread throughout area forests during the past six years has been massive. In 2013, 7,653 hectares of forest in B.C. were affected by the spruce...
