FORT FRANCES, ON —Thunder Bay News Watch — The private investment group hoping to reopen the idled pulp and paper mill at Fort Frances intends to submit a purchase offer to Resolute Forest Products this week. According to a report by Thunder Bay News Watch, Repap spokesperson Sean Twomey says it will be conditional on…
WELLS FARGO ECONOMICS GROUP –January U.S. housing starts came in well above expectations as they rebounded 18.6% from December’s 14.0% plunge, rising to a 1.23 million-unit seasonally adjusted annual pace according to a report by the Wells Fargo Economics Group. Monthly housing-production estimates by the Department of Commerce during the winter months are difficult to…
The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB or Board) seeks nominations of softwood lumber manufacturers and importers interested in candidacy for Board seats coming open in January 2020. Each Director will serve a three-year term and may serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms. The deadline for nominations is April 9, 2019. The SLB will hold…
Ontario’s government will stand up for the people of Ontario by fighting the carbon tax with every tool and power at its disposal, Premier Doug Ford and Rod Phillips, Minister of the Environment, Conservation, and Parks, announced. The federal government has passed a law that will force low- and middle-income seniors, workers, families, and small…
TORONTO — The Ontario government is putting people first by seeking local input on how to improve governance, decision-making and service delivery for regional governments and member municipalities. All people who live or work in the 82 upper- and lower-tier municipalities included in the review are invited to share their thoughts through the online consultation….
Manitoba, Carillon — An association representing 300 Manitoba woodlot owners is looking for support for a national tree-planting program that would see under-used private land harnessed to help curtail carbon emissions, according to a report in the Carillon. “With climate change being such a huge issue, and with the knowledge that planting trees is the…
SEGEZHA, Russia–Segezha Group, a pulp and paper group (part of JSFC Sistema), has presented design documentation for a new biotechnological complex in Siberia. The project is an up-to-date high-tech manufacturing facility with a single (switching) pulp line with an annual capacity of 0.7 mln tons of bleached softwood and/or hardwood sulfate pulp. The concept of…
The province has announced new infrastructure funding that will also help create and protect good jobs across the province. “When it comes to delivering core services that matter to people, our government is putting people first,” said Monte McNaughton, Minister of Infrastructure. “Today’s historic infrastructure investment marks the start of billions of dollars in funding…
Registration for the early bird special ends March 13. Don`t forget to register for this great two-day event. Thursday, April 4th and Friday, April 5th, 2019 Cobourg, Ontario For Information and to register click 26th OWA Conference (AGM), Social & Tour or call 613-713-1525
KEMPTVILLE, ONTARIO — The EOMF has announced that Bruce County is the first community forest from the EOMF Certification Program to partner with Bluesource Canada to make the County part of the solution to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. Last year, the Eastern Ontario Model Forest (EOMF) partnered with Bluesource Canada to help forest…