by Working Forest | Nov 30, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
SARNIA, Ont. – A building block for the support of early-stage Canadian bioeconomy and cleantech companies has been announced by Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC). BIC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each of five key venture capital firms...
by Working Forest | Nov 9, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities and Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association are defending the work of the provincial government and the forest industry in response to claims by environmental activist groups that Ontario has not acted to protect...
by Working Forest | Nov 2, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
TORONTO – PwC’s Low Carbon Economy Index analysis shows global emissions growth slowed in 2016, rising only 0.4 per cent while global GDP growth was 3.1 per cent. Carbon intensity has been falling at around 2.6 per cent for the past three years. This is a clear...
by Working Forest | Oct 31, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
OTTAWA – A report on the progress of recovery efforts for boreal caribou shows that some progress has been made by governments and industry in the past five years, but that caribou populations continue to decline and habitat disturbance continues to increase. The...
by Working Forest | Sep 11, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
W.D. Moore Logging is exiting the contracting business, citing thin profits in a high-risk business, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun. Owner Graham Lasure told the Sun for the capital intensity of the logging business, the profit margins are not worthwhile....
by Working Forest | Sep 6, 2017 | Archive Articles, Articles
OTTAWA – The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has launched a new website – cariboufacts.ca – to share facts with Canadians about caribou herds and to urge the federal government to build caribou plans that address the many complex factors that...
