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…
Domtar Pulp Mill Secures $194k Resiliency Grant | The Working Forest
Learn how Domtar Pulp Mill in Kamloops received a $194,000 grant to enhance supply chain resiliency. Stay updated with The Working Forest.
VANCOUVER SUN — A specialty products sawmill in Quesnel that fell into bankruptcy last summer will reopen at the end of this month after being taken over by Williams Lake-company Kandola Forest Products. KFP president Neal Kandola said the mill — which turns lumber into engineered wood, wall paneling, shiplap, and glulam products — would…
BNNBLOOMBERG — Canada’s biggest toilet paper manufacturer aims to make some of its tissue from bamboo as an environmentally sustainable option for consumers. Kruger Products LP, the maker of brands such as Cashmere and Purex toilet papers, and SpongeTowels, is researching ways to turn bamboo into quality tissue with the goal of adding a renewable…
CAPTION: Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at the Ornamental Gardens in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA, THE CANADIAN PRESS IN THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS — The Liberal government is proposing long-awaited changes to an environmental protection…
Annual Workplace Safety North conference this Wednesday, April 14 On April 14, 2021, Workplace Safety North (WSN) expects to host up to 500 online attendees at its annual Mining Health and Safety Conference. The online event next Wednesday runs from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm ET and is being offered for free this year…
GLOBAL NEWS — A new study of B.C.’s forest industry says the sector plays a big role throughout the province and is larger than most people think. Released this week by the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI), the study says forestry generates “significant economic activity in every region of the province.” Specifically, the study says that,…
BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER — Addressing a timber shortage in B.C. is going to require some give and take, and the taking could include the government taking back tenure from some of the large tenure holders, warns Premier John Horgan. “There is too little fibre and we need to do something about that,” Horgan said Thursday…
ABOVE: Tanya Wick, Vice President, People, and Services, Tolko Industries WASHINGTON, PRNewswire — A group of visionary, practical, and supportive women has come together to help shape the Women’s Forest Congress. Advisory Council members serve as advisors to the Steering Committee, advocate for the Congress’s broader work, and ensure equal representation from diverse backgrounds, organizations, and views. The Advisory…
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…