by Working Forest | Oct 7, 2015 | Archives
FPInnovations is celebrating after receiving consecutive accolades from well-respected industry associations in September. On September 15, the Canadian Institute of Forestry-Institut forestier du Canada (CIF-IFC) honoured FPInnovations as the 2015 Canadian Forest...
by Working Forest | Oct 7, 2015 | Archives
Representives of the extractive industries that drive Northwestern Ontario’s economy believe the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement will bring them prosperity. The TPPA deal signed in Atlanta on Sunday will lock Canada into a free trade area of 12 countries on...
by Working Forest | Oct 7, 2015 | Archives
A British-based manufacturing company is considering switching its B.C. tree-planting program from farmland to areas deforested by fire or pine beetles. Reckitt Benckiser Group plc added another three farms to its B.C. land holdings over the summer, prompting an...
by Working Forest | Oct 6, 2015 | Archives
There are about 150 employees at Canfor-Vavenby and their payroll is close to $20 million per year, according to division manager Steve Planeta. Overall, the division brings in nearly $100 million per year to the local economy, he said. Those statistics were among the...
by Working Forest | Oct 6, 2015 | Archives
The provincial government is pitching in some funding towards forestry training for 24 students enrolled at a program at the College of the Rockies. Roughly $700,000 was funnelled into the Community and Employer Partnerships program, which will give the students both...
by Working Forest | Oct 6, 2015 | Archives
Scientists are warning that intense wildfires in the northernmost areas of North America are changing the composition of the tundra ecosystem, degrading permafrost and contributing to a northward migration of trees, all of which have serious implications for the...
