by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Canadian forestry company executives are eager for a new softwood lumber agreement but say they are not interest in a rumoured U.S. proposal to reinstate across-the-board quotas. Resolute Forest Products chief executive Richard Garneau says word surfaced last week...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
If the opposition parties want to debate the Paris Agreement on climate change, they now have their chance. Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna tabled the United Nations treaty in the House of Commons Friday. When Prime Minister Justin...
by Working Forest | May 9, 2016 | Articles
Canadian forest companies are no longer debating whether they will be hit with a softwood lumber duty, but how much pain the duties will cause, forest products analyst Paul Quinn told an international wood products conference Thursday. Although Canadian Prime Minister...
by Working Forest | May 5, 2016 | Articles
The raging wildfire that has forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alta., and engulfed parts of the community is the kind of blaze that firefighters dread, but could become more common, according to experts. Alternatively described by officials as...
by Working Forest | May 5, 2016 | Articles
Leading pulp and paper producers from more than 30 countries converged on Vancouver this week to attend International Pulp Week, a three-day conference that is part of PwC’s Global Forest Products Leadership Summit. Vancouver was a fitting venue for the 13th edition...
by Working Forest | May 5, 2016 | Articles
British Columbia is facing droughts more severe than any in the past 350 years, according to new research that used tree-ring data to reconstruct the coastal climate back to the 17th century. The study suggests recent droughts in the West – which have dried up...
