Vancouver, B.C. – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd has announced an increase in the quarterly dividend to C$0.25 per share and an increase in the Company’s authorization to purchase up to 9,582,470 of its Common shares. Dividend Increase The Board of Directors of the Company has declared a quarterly dividend of C$0.25 per share on the…

EDMONTON, Alberta, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Using drones to help reforest remote boreal environments. Reducing methane emissions from cattle by up to 90 percent through feed additives. Leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize energy usage at a pulp mill. These are three of 17 technology innovations that will receive funding from the Government of Alberta through Emissions…

STUFF.CO.NZ — New Zealand’s structural timber shortage has been looming for months and some builders have been stockpiling timber in warehouses to ensure they have enough supply, a builders’ association says. New Zealand Certified Builders Association chairman Mike Craig said the shortage had resulted in what he called “the toilet paper effect”, a reference to…

CISION NEWSWIRE — Wood Underwear® LLC is excited to mark International Day of Forests, by announcing a new partnership with One Tree Planted, with a reforestation goal to plant more than 20 million trees in 2021. Wood Underwear will help One Tree Planted reach this goal and more by donating one tree for every order…

NORTH BAY — Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, has announced more than $2.9 million for 145 businesses across the Nipissing region to help support necessary upgrades and improvements to protect employees, customers, and the community from the spread of COVID-19. The funding is being provided through the Northern Ontario Recovery Program (NORP). “We need a…

QUEEN’S PARK – The Ontario government is launching new and improved Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) programs to help increase economic development and promote job creation in the North. The four new programs will target existing and emerging markets, support more projects in small rural communities, address the skilled labour shortage and make it…

MONTRÉAL, CNW — Resolute Forest Products Inc. has announced that Sylvain A. Girard will join the company and be appointed as senior vice president and chief financial officer as of March 2, 2021. His term will begin the day after Remi G. Lalonde, currently, Resolute’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, assumes the position…