by Working Forest | Mar 8, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
The sweetest time of the year is just around the corner as Islanders prepare to tap their trees in the coming weeks, but the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) warns that extra care is needed when tapping trees this year due to stress put...
by Working Forest | Mar 2, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Softwood lumber strife between Canada and forestry titans to the south is certainly burning upheadlines this year. The buzz on Thursday was about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s telephone chat with U.S.President Donald Trump – Canadian Press reported that...
by Working Forest | Mar 1, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
B.C. Timber Sales’ Okanagan office made so many errors in required reporting on reforestation work that an audit by B.C.’s forestry watchdog deemed them non-compliant, according to a report released Tuesday. The B.C. Forest Practices Board audit found that on the...
by Working Forest | Jan 24, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
An $185-million biofuel facility in Botwood is coming closer to getting a green light. NewGreen Technology Inc, the company behind the project, will soon be offered a tentative deal by Newfoundland and Labrador’s provincial government for the allocation of wood...
by Working Forest | Jan 16, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
Re: “We must protect waterways,” Stephen Legault, Opinion, Jan. 7. There has been a lot of talk about our headwaters recently – and that’s a good thing. The very lifeblood of our communities deserves the best stewardship we can give it. Alberta’s forestry producers...
by Working Forest | Jan 16, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
The federal government is appealing a decision by a special claims tribunal to award $13.8 million in compensation to a Vancouver Island First Nation over a historic logging dispute. The Huu-ay-aht First Nation, based in Anacla near Bamfield, received notice of appeal...
