by Working Forest | Nov 8, 2016 | Archives
An original piece of theatre written by award winning Newfoundland playwright Megan Gail Coles about the logging industry is making its way to Grand Falls-Windsor. The show will be staged at the Gordon Pinsent Centre For the Arts Nov. 19. The play is contextualized...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2016 | Archives
The way long-time conservationist Vicky Husband sees it, American negotiators working on a new softwood lumber agreement with Canada are right to complain that the logging industry is subsidized in British Columbia. “They’re absolutely right,” Husband said in a phone...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2016 | Archives
Norbord Inc. (TSX:OSB) and Louisiana-Pacific Corp. have agreed to exchange ownership of two wood panel mills in Quebec. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. Louisiana-Pacific’s mill in Chambord, Que., is bigger than Norbord’s oriented strand board mill...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2016 | Archives
Approvals and policies for clearcutting in the east coast maritime province of Nova Scotia have been raising the ire of residents and environmental groups. A recent decision by the provinces Natural Resources Minister, Lloyd Hines, will allow clearcutting of almost...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2016 | Archives
In the fight to save one of Northern Quebec’s last untouched boreal forests from logging, the Cree’s latest ally could be a group of fashion labels. Mandy Gull, deputy chief of the 2,000-member Cree community of Waswanipi, spoke to a gathering of 81...
by Working Forest | Oct 28, 2016 | Archives
On October 31, at the Forum Innovation Bois, the Quebec government will announce recommendations, probably accompanied by new programs, for encouraging innovation and investment in the forestry sector. Yet it is the government itself that is in large part responsible...
