by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
Northern Pulp has fired one its senior managers after he confronted the mayor of New Glasgow at a charity event on the weekend. “I was fired not about incompetence or something I did in the mill. I was fired because I voiced my opinion and expressed myself to...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
At first glance, it looks like a wooden castle is going up in downtown Sudbury. Crews at the site of the new 54,000 square foot Laurentian University School of Architecture building have been pouring concrete and installing rebar in the way you might expect at a...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
It makes sense that the material we have in greatest abundance on the West Coast — wood — is also the most preferred by local furniture designers. “It’s alive, it’s in its true form, it’s just such a beautiful material and it’s so versatile,” says Romney Shipway of...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
Green Party Leader David Coon has failed in a bid to cancel the wood supply contracts between the provincial government and several forestry companies. Green Party Leader David Coon described Wednesday, the day his bill was defeated, as a sad day for New Brunswick...
by Working Forest | Jun 5, 2015 | Archives
After 25 years as a lumber grader and several attempts at the championship, Tolko Industries’ Rachhpal Sahota captured the title of B.C.’s Top Lumber Grader for 2015. “I finally got it,” a happy Sahota said Thursday, holding a framed certificate of the win. “It feels...
by Working Forest | Jun 4, 2015 | Archives
Today, NDP forestry critic Gilles Bisson blasted the forestry minister for allowing wood cut in Ontario forests to be shipped to Quebec over Ontario mills that need it. “Minister, you will know of Little John Enterprises in Timmins a second-generation sawmill that’s...
