by Working Forest | Aug 8, 2017 | Archives
The U.S. lumber industry says it won’t accept the latest Canadian government proposal for a deal on softwood lumber, downplaying expectations any agreement is imminent, according to a story on Bloomberg Aug. 3. Media reports had said Canada and the U.S. were close to...
by Working Forest | Aug 8, 2017 | Archives
With more than 4,910 square kilometres of land burned since spring, British Columbia is experiencing its most destructive wildfire season in years. Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C. Wildfire Service says 4,910 square kilometres of forest, brush and grassland have been...
by Working Forest | Aug 8, 2017 | Archives
MONTREAL – The Québec Superior Court has approved the transaction involving the acquisition by Rayonier Advanced Materials of all of the outstanding shares of Tembec. The deal is structured as a statutory arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
TORONTO – George Brown College plans to construct Ontario’s first tall wood institutional building. The planned 12-storey, carbon-neutral facility will be home to a Tall Wood Building Research Institute. Called “The Arbour”, it will serve as a living laboratory both...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
OTTAWA – The Government of Canada released on July 27 its proposed federal action plan on the protection and recovery of the boreal caribou. In addition to plans and actions to protect and recover boreal caribou, the federal action plan also presents recovery measures...
by Working Forest | Aug 3, 2017 | Archives
The new owners of Hefler Forest Products in Middle Sackville, N.S., are slowing re-opening the shuttered sawmill, building on the solid foundation of the mill’s biomass power plant. The 3.1-megawatt power plant is under a 20-year contract with Nova Scotia Power. Stan...
