by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
If it’s true that business hates uncertainty, then the B.C. forest industry is in for some ill feeling in 2017. Finding opportunity in the face of that uncertainty is the challenge for the coming year. The biggest challenge comes from the United States, which has...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2017 | Archives
Two northwestern Ontario First Nation communities are exploring the idea of restoring ferry service to haul wood to a potential forest products operation. Beginning back in September, Lac Seul and Slate Falls First Nations, with their industry partners in tow, began...
by Working Forest | Dec 16, 2016 | Archives
Which B.C. forest products company was first to sell two-by-fours to the picky buyers of Japan? How about high-grade wood pellets for home heating in Italy? It was Nechako Lumber, a privately owned forest products company in the northwestern B.C. community of...
by Working Forest | Dec 16, 2016 | Archives
It’s been more than two months since Tolko Industries announced they’d be shutting down production at the Merritt mill and tomorrow is the day workers will be sent packing. The union representing those employees, United Steelworkers, says it is...
by Working Forest | Dec 16, 2016 | Archives
No one cares more about Nova Scotia’s forest than the 6,100 forest industry professionals who make their living taking care of it. Our forests are a dynamic and renewable resource. We harvest our forests and they grow back, often healthier and more productive than...
by Working Forest | Dec 16, 2016 | Archives
A federal tribunal has ruled a Vancouver Island First Nation should get more than $13.8 million in compensation for government failure to ensure it was properly compensated for two decades of timber harvesting. On Monday, the Canadian Specific Claims Tribunal awarded...
