Northern Pulp suppliers, Indigenous leadership talk closure
THE CHRONICLE HERALD — Down a long Colchester County dirt road, there’s a fifth-generation family home with a
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Quebec, Ontario ministers call for harmonized trade regulations
Toronto Star — Ontario and Quebec need to work harder to harmonize regulations in a variety of sectors or risk harming the economy of both provinces, provincial trade ministers said Tuesday. According to a report in the Toronto Star, two years after the introduction of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement eliminated many interprovincial barriers, there’s…
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BC First Nations Forest Strategy Launched
SYILX UNCEDED TERRITORIES and KELOWNA, BC – CNW — The BC First Nations Forestry Council (FNFC) held the first annual BC First Nations Forestry Council Forestry Conference this week at the Delta Grand Okanagan Resort in Kelowna within the unceded territory of the Syilx Peoples. 103 First Nations participants registered and attended the three-day event…
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Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day in Ontario
Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, issued the following statement in recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day: “We acknowledge today as one of celebration, recognizing Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples are the original inhabitants of our great province, and I encourage all Ontarians to take this opportunity to learn more about the cultural diversity of the…
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Provincial funding to help create 138 forestry jobs
Northern Ontario’s forestry industry got a $2.6-million boost on June 12, following a provincial funding announcement. The funds, which come from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. (NOHFC), will support five projects and are expected to create 138 full-time jobs. The funding is being allotted as follows: $2 million for Hornepayne Lumber in Hornepayne to…
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Ban on single-use plastics could be boon for forest industry
CBC NEWS — Liberal government ban on single-use plastics could spell opportunity for northern Ontario mills According to a report by CBC News, the Domtar plant in Espanola is one of the few paper mills still operating in northern Ontario, thanks largely to the specialty products its 400 workers make. Northern Ontario forestry producers are…
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TimberWest Releases 2018 Sustainability Report
NANAIMO, BC, CNW – – TimberWest Forest Corporation has released its 2018 Sustainability Progress Report detailing major achievements in the four focus areas of safety, environmental leadership, First Nations partnerships, and community support. Key highlights from the 2018 report include: The first forest company globally to obtain a certification with the Carbon Trust across the…
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U.S./China Tariff Update — NHLA
The Hardwood Federation sent out the following information: It appears the U.S. – China trade negotiations will continue in Washington, D.C. this week (May 7) as scheduled despite concerns that President Trump’s Sunday night tweet had derailed the process. Although reports over the last few weeks indicated that negotiations had been proceeding in a positive…
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Ontario updating environmental assessment process
Ontario’s government is modernizing its almost 50-year-old environmental assessment process by focusing on projects that pose actual, real risks to our environment and communities, streamlining approval timelines and eliminating duplication. The government has released a discussion paper that outlines a more modern environmental assessment process, including immediate, short-term fixes to reduce the burden and serve…
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Government funds Indigenous forest-industry growth
FPInnovations’ president and CEO Stéphane Renou, welcomed Western Economic Diversification Canada’s commitment to continue investing in Indigenous communities by allocating $1.65-million to FPInnovations’ B.C. Indigenous Forest Sector Technical Support Program. The federal government also allocated $2.38-million for a Clean Technology project that generates renewable natural gas (RNG) from forest residues. FPInnovations’ B.C. Indigenous Forest Sector…