A group that represents 30 northern Manitoba First Nations wants to talk with the province about buying a mill that is closing in December. Tolko Industries says its mill near The Pas will close on Dec. 2, putting 332 employees out of work. Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc., says the closure will affect many…
Since the very beginning, the biggest employer in The Pas, Man., has had difficulty turning a profit. But the latest blow could be the final strike that fells the sawmill for good. On Monday, Tolko Industries officials said after spending 19 years trying to make money in The Pas, the Vernon, B.C.-based company will close the mill in…
Pictou, N.S., resident Terry Dunbrack is keenly aware of the Northern Pulp mill’s presence in his community. “That particulate matter that they’re spewing out gets into my lungs and the lungs of everybody else and eventually it causes harm,” Dunbrack told CBC’s Information Morning, adding that the Nova Scotia Lung Association and doctors in the area have attested…
This summer Canfor Corp. officially marked the opening of its two new pellet plants collocated at company sawmill sites in Chetwynd and Fort St. John near Vancouver, British Columbia, with a grand opening event at each facility, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony and plant tour attended by local delegates and others. Combined the plants have a…
The BC Forest Safety Council is working to reduce the number of logging truck accidents on BC roads. Director of Transportation Safety Dustin Meierhofer says the inherent risks associated with hauling any type of cargo makes the logging truck one of the most dangerous spots in the forest industry. “Overall within the industry, log hauling…
When Duz Cho Logging went into the sawmilling business, the First Nations company went old school, turning to bush mill technology to solve a modern-day problem. Instead of installing its modern high-production sawmill inside its building – a former finger-joint plant in the northern B.C. town of Mackenzie – Duz Cho installed it on the…
Iridescent-yellow earmuffs protect the ears of the sawmill owner who’s coming from his lumberyard loader. As he slips off the neon-coloured hearing protection, Leonard McCarty, 68, raises his head, a cautious smile turning up the corners of his mouth to match the angle of his handlebar moustache. A work-toughened hand reaches out in greeting. There’s…
Fortress Paper Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Fortress Global Cellulose Ltd. and Fortress Lumber Corp., entered into an asset purchase agreement with LSQ Energy, L.P. and LSQ Development, L.P., each a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nexolia Bioenergy Inc., providing for the sale of the buildings, equipment and other…
Canadian jobs and sawmills across the country are increasingly at risk because of fading prospects they will avoid a new round of U.S. duties on imported softwood lumber, according to an industry analyst. RBC Capital Markets analyst Paul Quinn says he expects the United States will impose duties of at least 25 per 1cent in…
The development manager for a Nova Scotia paper mill says more than half of the mill’s 330 employees will be affected by layoffs next week.Marc Dube of Port Hawkesbury Paper said today that poor market conditions for printing and writing-grade paper has led to the week-long shutdown.He says some of the unionized and non-unionized employees will take…