by Working Forest | Sep 29, 2015 | Archives
Ontario’s forestry and pulp and paper industries celebrated 100 years of worker health and safety this past week. Workplace Safety North held an anniversary event at the Valhalla Inn. The not-for-profit organization focuses on ensuring every worker arrives home...
by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
Tom Mulcair says the NDP will pump $105 million over three years into programs aimed at making Canada’s forestry sector more competitive. The NDP leader made the announcement Friday during a campaign stop at a forestry college in the small town of...
by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
“NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s plan to invest in Canada’s forestry sector to create jobs and support innovation is good news for the industry in Northern Ontario”, says Kenora NDP candidate Howard Hampton. “Since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives formed government, we have...
by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
During a Union of B.C. Muncipalities conference Friday afternoon, Premier Christy Clark announced an investment of $10 million toward preventing wildfires in the province. The announcement came side-by-side with several other funding boosts, including $5 million...
by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
The City of Timmins and industry partners are investigating the feasibility of establishing a forestry innovation and training centre in Timmins. Mayor Steve Black said the idea was broached by the last term of council, and he’s taken it forward to the province to...
by Working Forest | Sep 28, 2015 | Archives
To University of B.C. forestry professor Stephen Sheppard, the freak windstorm that hit Metro Vancouver in August, downing thousands of trees and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people, is a stark reminder of the increasing challenges facing managers of...
