The announced closure of a provincial tree seed facility is causing concern among some in Ontario’s forest industry. In a letter to the editor submitted by Barb Boysen, general manager of the Forest Gene Conservation Association and Melissa Spearing, FGCA’s Seed Program Coordinator, the authors explained: “Management of high quality seed of known origin is…
CALGARY – Two students from Ontario First Nations have received the Skills Awards for Aboriginal Youth from Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM). The recipients are Isabelle Males of Temiskaming First Nation from New Liskeard, Ont., and Tristan Flood of Matachewan First Nation from North Bay, Ont….
MONTREAL — Seven Quebec and Ontario sawmills are now owned by a specialty cellulose company based in Florida. Rayonier Advanced Materials has greatly diversified its product line with the acquisition of Tembec, which has pulp and paper operations and sawmills in Canada, plus a mill in France. The combined company will operate under the name…
VANCOUVER – A recent global benchmarking survey from Wood Markets (FEA-Canada) has once again placed mills of the U.S. South at the top. The U.S. South was the highest margin sawmill region in North America – a place it has held since 2008 – as well as the top global earner again in 2016 and…
MONTREAL – An experienced research leader will take over as president and CEO of FPInnovations on Dec. 14. Stéphane Renou replaces Pierre Lapointe, who has held this position since December 2008. A native of Montréal, Stéphane Renou has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. In 2015, he earned an…
A coalition of municipal and Indigenous leaders, chambers of commerce, unions, and forest professionals are going to Queen’s Park on November 22 to dispel misinformation about Ontario’s forest sector and to urge the government to avoid unintended consequences from rushed species at risk (SAR) policy. The event will be streamed live on the Facebook page…
Local media are reporting that road collapse due to heavy rain is the likely cause of a fatal logging truck accident on Nov. 15. Ian Fraser has been identified as the deceased driver of the logging truck. “A significant portion of the road reportedly collapsed underneath the truck. The vehicle then appears to have rolled…
A fatal logging truck accident occurred on Nov. 15 near Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island. The accident involved an employee of a contractor working for TimberWest. A report from CBC News says the vehicle was submerged in water beside the roadway. Emergency personnel were alerted to the incident around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and an…
MONTREAL – With public consultations and testing completed, FSC Canada expects the final version of the organization’s new national forest management standard to be ready for 2018. Following the field testing of the national standard in the spring of 2017, the Standards Development Group has been working diligently to reach consensus on a final version…
DELTA, B.C. – Almost $1.5 million in federal funding will go to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre for their project regarding ICS Incident Management and Interoperability under the Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF). A statement from Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada says this funding will help the development of a…