by Working Forest | May 11, 2017 | Archives
Nova Scotia’s Liberal leader says it’s time to review forestry practices in the province, but environmental advocates say that work has already been done and it was Stephen McNeil’s government that resisted acting upon it. McNeil and his party...
by Working Forest | May 11, 2017 | Archives
One of the factors in the early forest industry of British Columbia was the entrepreneurship of Sikhs from India who established sawmills in this province. This 1933 photo, originally from the provincial archives, shows workers in front of a steam donkey yarder...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2017 | Archives
The Canadian government is threatening multiple trade actions against the United States in retaliation for duties on softwood lumber, warning that several American industries could be targeted in the event of a protracted trade dispute. A first salvo came from Prime...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2017 | Archives
Quebec paper and lumber producer Resolute Forest Products expects it will have to cut jobs soon as it faces U.S. trade actions on two fronts. “It is unavoidable in my opinion because of the disruption in the market,” CEO Richard Garneau said Thursday in an interview...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2017 | Archives
The survivability of Canadian short-line railroads is approaching a critical junction, says an independent rail expert. The struggles of northeastern Ontario’s Huron Central Railway should be a “canary-in-the-coal-mine” warning that government needs to support small...
by Working Forest | May 8, 2017 | Archives
Despite not being surprised by the preliminary softwood lumber tariffs imposed by the U.S. last week, EACOM Timber Corporation’s president and chief executive officer Kevin Edgson is not any less concerned. Edgson sat down with me outside the main room at the Ontario...
