by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2016 | Archives
Growing up in the Ottawa Valley, Derek Nighbor appreciated from a young age the importance of the forest sector to the local economy. “My brother and I were fortunate enough to earn good money in the summer on the same corrugated box making factory floor where...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2016 | Archives
Illinois-based equipment manufacturer Deere and Company, which sells John Deere construction equipment among other products, announced a drop-off in sales for its third quarter worldwide in its third-quarter earnings summary. Construction and forestry sales decreased...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2016 | Archives
If there is one thing I have learned from the past four years of producing my new documentary seriesHeartwood: A West Coast Forestry Documentree, it is that there is no shortage of people who all agree that B.C.’s forest sector is in desperate need of some new ideas –...
by Working Forest | Aug 25, 2016 | Archives
The mayor of The Pas says the town was shocked to learn its main employer, Tolko Industries, is closing down. The forestry products company employs 332 people in The Pas, a town of about 5,500 people. All Tolko employees will be laid off when operations end Dec. 2,...
by Working Forest | Aug 22, 2016 | Archives
Photo: Dr.Oliver Konter, Mainz More than a thousand years ago, in the 940s, Europe was a very different place. The Byzantine Empire was at its peak and Vikings sailed the seas. In the midst of it all sat a little sapling, one that would grow into a tree that still...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood-lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin Moen told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that negotiations for a new softwood deal...
