by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
A broad-cross section of Canadian businesses – from cattle ranchers and grain exporters to small-scale manufacturers – applauded Canada’s signing of the Trans Pacific Partnership, a monumental trade deal that will open up new export opportunities in a number of...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
British Columbia focused Canfor Pulp Products Inc. has come to our attention because a number of key insiders have been buying. Canfor Pulp Products is 50.5-per-cent owned by Canfor Corp. Between July 29 and Sept. 24, director Peter Bentley acquired 40,000 common...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
The Nova Scotia government is making its final $13.7-million disbursement to Northern Pulp under a provincial funding program that no longer exists. In April 2013, the previous NDP government granted the Pictou County pulp and paper mill loans and incentives worth...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
One of our Kootenay communities recently received a massive blow, affecting not just the Village of Canal Flats, but also workers throughout the area. The closure of the mill, the community’s biggest employer, will be devastating. There has been a mill in Canal Flats...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
The recently strengthened provincial climate change regulation (Specified Gas Emitter’s Regulation) has raised some eyebrows and questions as to how these targets will affect Alberta’s economic outlook. We took a close look at the bioenergy sector and found some...
by Working Forest | Oct 5, 2015 | Archives
Stella-Jones Inc. today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the shares of Ram Forest Group Inc. and Ramfor Lumber Inc. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ram Forest Products Inc. and Trent Timber Treating Ltd., Ram Forest Group...
