by Working Forest | Feb 5, 2020 | Archives
OTTAWA — As delegates gather in Ottawa to attend Nature Canada’s climate solutions summit, Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and Forests Ontario issued a joint statement signalling the support of Canada’s renewable forest sector to advance...
by Working Forest | Feb 5, 2020 | Archives
The 2020 Annual Conference will call attendees to discuss ways in which we can all collaborate to ensure our forests’ future. Keynote Speaker, Carol Phillips: Carol Phillips is a partner at Moriyama and Teshima Architects, a renowned architecture firm known for...
by Working Forest | Feb 5, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — There’s been another setback in the seven-month strike at Western Forest Products, with the withdrawal of two independent mediators from negotiations. According to the forestry company, mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers announced their...
by Working Forest | Feb 5, 2020 | Archives
OTTAWA, CNW – The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Natural Resources, today issued the following statement regarding the decision by the Federal Court of Appeal to uphold the Order in Council approving the Trans Mountain Expansion project: The...
by Working Forest | Feb 3, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Tall wood buildings up to 12-storeys could present a fire hazard during construction, and measures should be imposed to mitigate the risk, Edmonton’s outgoing fire chief says. According to a report by CBC News, while the wood industry says...
by Working Forest | Feb 3, 2020 | Archives
HALIFAX, The Canadian Press — The majority of the approximately 230 unionized workers at Northern Pulp mill finished their final shifts on Friday, with 60 employees remaining to put the Nova Scotia factory into “hibernation.” Don MacKenzie, the...
