by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2015 | Archives
Canadian National Railway and Unifor are set to resume contract talks Monday in the face of a threat by the company to lock out nearly 5,000 employees. Statements from both sides said there were high-level discussions on Sunday and the two sides have agreed to...
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2015 | Archives
An increasing number of ships are crossing the Atlantic Ocean bearing millions of tons of fuel, all bound for some of Europe’s largest coal-fired power stations. They’re not carrying coal, though, but wood pellets, sourced from forests in the U.S....
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2015 | Archives
Everyone has seen them, particularly if they’ve visited Kaatza Station Museum’s Wilmer Gold gallery. I’m referring to photos of old logging shows: loggers and steam engines and first-growth firs that reached so high as to block out the sun and the...
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2015 | Archives
On behalf of the Township of Ignace, I am responding to the Feb. 4 column by Julee Boan of Environment North (Woodland Caribou In Decline, Future Uncertain). As one of 260 communities in Ontario dependent on the forest industry, for years we have followed processes...
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2015 | Archives
Business activity is largely still relatively slow on US softwood lumber markets in mid-February. According to Random Lengths, the market is currently being governed by spot purchases for covering volumes required at short notice. Buyers are currently still refraining...
by Working Forest | Feb 23, 2015 | Archives
If not for some inspired thinking from a handful of rank-and-file employees, Canfor House, a popular attraction at Canada Winter Games Plaza, might not have been there at all. As Canfor Pulp president Brett Robinson put it, the idea originated about a year-and-a-half...
