by Working Forest | May 30, 2016 | Archive Articles, Articles
Bruce Stelmacker has had lots of time for gardening this spring. He’s one of about 125 workers who have been off the job since Christmas because of a dispute between his employer Island Pacific Logging and Western Forest Products. “We don’t know how long this is going...
by Working Forest | May 30, 2016 | Articles
I have always been intrigued by the small-scale. Don’t misunderstand—industrial-scale sawmills, for example, are absolutely astonishing, and I have had many hours of enjoyment touring and observing the production processes at such facilities. Even so, nothing piques...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2016 | Articles
The Prince Albert Pulp Mill might begin producing raw kraft pulp product as soon as 2020. That is, depending on how the market fares, Paper Excellence senior vice president of operations David Kerr cautioned. It’s the clearest pledge Kerr could offer those who...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2016 | Articles
The search for ways to build greener, more sustainable buildings has sparked a brand new skyscraper race, but these contestants aren’t made of concrete and steel. Coming first in the global green race is the Brock Commons, Phase 1, in Vancouver, Canada, which is one...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2016 | Articles
Ontario’s lush northern forests could be the next feast for an invasive insect following the path created by the warming climate. A native species in British Columbia, the voracious mountain pine beetle is poised to move into Ontario’s vast boreal forest where...
by Working Forest | May 27, 2016 | Articles
Forest fire fighters in Northern Ontario are engaged in a pitched battle with two big fires burning out of control near Hearst, the largest of which is estimated to be 2,574 hectares in size. By mid-afternoon on May 26, there was one new fire burning in the region,...
