“NDP Leader Tom Mulcair’s plan to invest in Canada’s forestry sector to create jobs and support innovation is good news for the industry in Northern Ontario”, says Kenora NDP candidate Howard Hampton. “Since Stephen Harper’s Conservatives formed government, we have lost 30,000 forestry jobs in this province,” continued Hampton. “We need to ensure Canada’s forestry…
Plans to harvest timber in the Walbran Valley are part of an intensive, collaborative process. The Commission of Resources and Environment Vancouver Island land-use planning process that took place in the early 1990s was a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder process. It resulted in the government enacting the 2000 Vancouver Island Higher Level Plan Order that achieved a…
The federal NDP says it will take measures to boost B.C.’s forestry sector should it win the upcoming Canadian federal election. At a campaign stop at Harmac Pacific mill in Cedar Wednesday, Peter Julian, NDP House Leader, andSheila Malcolmson, NDP Nanaimo-Ladysmith candidate said the NDP will work to lessen the amount of raw log exports. Julian said…
The Nova Scotia government has released information about the $700 million taxpayers invested in or have earmarked for 78 companies through the defunct Nova Scotia Jobs Fund. But confidentiality clauses or rules, agreed to by previous governments, makes it hard to determine which of those investments are paying off and which are not. Case in point:…
Powell River Community Forest made a profit of close to $750,000 from logging city-owned property this year. At the Tuesday, August 18, City of Powell River committee of the whole meeting, Greg Hemphill, president of community forest board of directors, and Chris Laing, manager of forest operations, spoke regarding the management strategy for the community…
The rate at which the world is losing its forests has halved, but an area of woodland the size of South Africa has still been lost since 1990, a UN report revealed Monday. Improvement has been seen around the globe, even in the key tropical rainforests of South America and Africa, according to a surprisingly…
A Sault Ste. Marie pest management firm received federal funding to search for the next generation of organic tree pesticides. BioForest Technologies and company president Joe Meating want to dive deep into tree chemistry with an eye on producing new pest control tools. The growing 25-employee company has received much media attention for bringing TreeAzin…
Obama may be on the point of giving Keystone XL a definitive thumbs down Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s comment this week about wanting to grow the economy “from the heart outwards” is destined to haunt him. Big Dipper Tom Mulcair immediately leapt on the bêtise, claiming “I don’t think you can grow the economy with…
Canfor Pulp Products insider Canfor Pulp Products Inc. bought 10,700 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 30th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$12.83 per share, for a total transaction of C$137,258.53. Canfor Pulp Products Inc. also recently made the following trade(s): On Wednesday, July 29th, Canfor Pulp…
With a multi-million tax refund looming for the city to repay the Resolute Pulp and paper mill, Minister Bill Mauro is speaking out on the possibility of Thunder Bay receiving provincial assistance. MPAC had originally assessed the mill value at $72 million, but Resolute appealed that to the Assessment Review Board and the valuation was…