by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
As an October deadline approaches, Canada and the U.S. continue to grapple with a trade dispute that sometimes seems like its been going on forever. Despite being the world’s largest partners, an agreement on softwood lumber continues to elude both sides, raising...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
Ottawa is leaving the forestry sector vulnerable to another punitive trade dispute with its inability to secure a new softwood lumber agreement, says Kamloops MP Cathy McLeod. B.C.’s forestry sector is particularly at risk. More than 15,000 jobs were lost in the...
by Working Forest | Aug 20, 2016 | Archives
LNG Canada’s decision to delay deciding to build its $40-billion liquefied natural gas export project hit Ellis Ross, the Haisla First Nation’s chief councillor, in the middle of a summer of more buoyant news for the B.C. economy. While the province’s urban centres...
by Working Forest | Aug 18, 2016 | Archives
Wood is a strong and versatile building material, but it rots, gets eaten by bugs, and blocks light. Plain sheets of glass aren’t much better. They shatter easily and let a lot of energy leak into or out of a building. But engineers have recently figured out how...
by Working Forest | Aug 18, 2016 | Archives
Resolute Forest Products Inc. reported a GAAP net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, of $42 million, or $0.47 per share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $4 million, or $0.04 per share, in the same period in 2015. Sales were $891 million in the quarter, down $35...
by Working Forest | Aug 18, 2016 | Archives
The Canadian Forest Service announced Wednesday it is releasing parasitic wasps in Ontario and Quebec this week in an effort to control the population of emerald ash borers. Krista Ryall, a research scientist for the Canadian Forest Service, told CBC News that 1,600...
