It’s a long-standing call of unions and industrial planners in Canada that the key to future prosperity is to export fewer natural resources by keeping them in Canada for processing and then shipping exports with more “value added.” Forestry products are a regular target for this vision, where government fiat would displace market forces in…
Northern Ontario is leaking workers and people. If nothing is done, that could easily turn into a flood, the Northern Policy Institute warns. In a release, the Northern Policy Institute said the North will be short 75,000 workers and 150,000 people by the year 2041, even after allowing for the expected growth in the region’s…
To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians. The emergence of B.C.’s forest industry as a culture-defining economic behemoth that dominated the political and social landscape, begins with a man who went from hoeing potatoes to corporate colossus. Harvey Reginald “H.R.” MacMillan was born on…
Domtar’s celebration of International Earth Day starts early, with a weeklong emphasis leading up to the worldwide day on April 22. We call it Earth Week, and we’ll spend it focusing on the natural gifts of our planet and giving back to our communities. This year, like many before it, Earth Week will be full of opportunities for…
The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it will announce on April 25 whether it will impose the first of two duties on Canadian softwood. A spokesman for the department said any countervailing duties would be applied on imports about a week later. A decision on anti-dumping duties is expected to be released May 5, but…
Nearly a year after the massive wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, a climate scientist says there may be more forest fires in Canada this summer. “If the forecast’s right that it’s a warmer than normal summer, we’ll probably have more fires,” says Mike Flannigan, a meteorologist and professor in the University of Alberta’s renewable resources…
Wandering through a Simcoe County forest surrounded by towering trees and thick leaf coverage, it’s hard to imagine 100 years ago the land could best be described as a barren desert. “If you went back 100 years in this area you would have very, very little forest cover. It’s surprising to people that there was…
anadian Biomass sat down with Derek Nighbor, CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), to get his thoughts on the 2017 budget, which includes $1.8 billion to support clean technology. It’s going to take some work, Nighbor says, to put forestry biomass in a position to benefit from those dollars. Q: What’s your overall…
The province is tacking on an extra $10 million to the Forest Access Roads Funding Program. The money is a top-up to the $60 million announced by Queen’s Park in last spring’s budget for the program. A Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry news release said the money is earmarked for construction and maintaining forestry…
With Spray Lake Sawmill’s logging operations in the Ghost Valley coming to a close, residents invited Stephen Legault, from Yellowstone to Yukon, to speak to Ghost residents about the future of the land they fought hard to save from being clearcut. “We’ve all seen the ways in which clearcutting has affected our valley,” Sharon MacDonald…