by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
A preliminary decision on alleged violations of international trade law by a Canadian papermaker that directly competes with mills in Madison and Minnesota will be delayed until July at the request of the U.S. paper companies that filed the complaint. The U.S....
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
Linwood Custom Homes is the big dwarf of the North American home-building market, its chief executive likes to say. But even the giants got trampled by the U.S. housing crash seven years ago. “It was ugly,” said Bill Mascott, head of the Delta, B.C.-based manufacturer...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
The strongly worded document essentially puts non-governmental organizations such as Green Peace and the Rain Forest Action Network on notice that their campaigns to undermine the provincial forest industries in Ontario and Quebec will no longer be tolerated. The...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
The Forestry Safety Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (FSANL) will host their 4th Annual Health and Safety Symposium in Gander on April 23, 2015. Building on the success of its previous three Symposiums, which provided an exceptional opportunity for industry...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
Another milestone has been reached at the new Resolute Forest Products sawmill at Sapawe, as the first board was dressed, trimmed and graded in the planing mill on April 4. “The new planer is going to do a wonderful job dressing our lumber,” said Richard Blanchette,...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2015 | Archives
A new exhibition at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada explores the history of Canadian-made water bombers — known as “super-scoopers” by those in the business of fighting forest fires. Built originally by Canadair in the 1960s and now in Montreal...
