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NB Government to fight for exclusion from border duties on softwood lumber
The provincial government is asserting its support for the New Brunswick softwood lumber industry the week before a preliminary determination… read more…
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Opinion: More ‘value-added’ exports for forestry products hardly possible or desirable
It’s a long-standing call of unions and industrial planners in Canada that the key to future prosperity is to export… read more…
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Decline in available workers a growing concern
Northern Ontario is leaking workers and people. If nothing is done, that could easily turn into a flood, the Northern… read more…
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Canada 150: H.R. MacMillan built B.C.’s largest forestry company
To mark Canada’s 150th birthday, we are counting down to Canada Day with profiles of 150 noteworthy British Columbians. The… read more…
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Domtar Celebrates Earth Week Year-Round
Domtar’s celebration of International Earth Day starts early, with a weeklong emphasis leading up to the worldwide day on April 22. We… read more…
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U.S. government to release decision on Canadian softwood lumber duties on April 25
The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it will announce on April 25 whether it will impose the first of two… read more…
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Forecast of a warm summer means increased risk of forest fires, meteorologists say
Nearly a year after the massive wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, a climate scientist says there may be more forest… read more…
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Simcoe County’s rich forestry history to be told in new interpretive centre
Wandering through a Simcoe County forest surrounded by towering trees and thick leaf coverage, it’s hard to imagine 100 years… read more…
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Biomass in the budget: Q&A with FPAC CEO Derek Nighbor
anadian Biomass sat down with Derek Nighbor, CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), to get his thoughts on… read more…
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Funds for forestry roads
The province is tacking on an extra $10 million to the Forest Access Roads Funding Program. The money is a… read more…
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Y2Y encourages new approach to forestry
With Spray Lake Sawmill’s logging operations in the Ghost Valley coming to a close, residents invited Stephen Legault, from Yellowstone… read more…
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Yukon First Nation gets go-ahead for biomass boiler project
Yukon’s Teslin Tlingit Council is getting a boost from the territorial government, receiving $150,000 as they work to convert ten… read more…
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Final chapter of Parry Sound’s pine-logging era opened 100 years ago
The last uncut stand of Parry Sound pine, in Blair and Mowat townships south of the French River and straddling… read more…
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Sawmill owners optimistic about changes to building code
Changes to the building code in Nova Scotia will hopefully give a boost to sawmills, said a local operator. “Anything… read more…
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B.C.’s forest industry faces marketplace headwinds
Anyone who read the most recent federal budget could be forgiven for thinking that the most important sector in Canada… read more…
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Why Western Forest Products Inc. Has Soared Almost 20% Since the Beginning of the Year
If we look at Western Forest Products Inc.’s financials over the last five years, we can see a picture of… read more…
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Canada taking command in the charge on tall wood structures, says analyst
The gates are starting to open for “a big opportunity in wood” around the world with the construction of tall… read more…
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Softwood lumber talks have waned under Trump, says Canada’s chief negotiator
Canada’s top negotiator in the softwood lumber trade dispute with the United States says discussions around the disagreement have waned… read more…
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Opinion: B.C. forest industry convention highlights sustainability, innovation
This week, almost 600 business, government, First Nations and community leaders have gathered in Vancouver for the B.C. Council of Forest… read more…
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B.C. invests $7.7 million to advance wood use and grow global markets
The Government of British Columbia is investing $7.7 million to promote the use of B.C. wood, advance wood building systems… read more…
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Environmental groups ask Ottawa to step into logging dispute
Today, federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna received a legal application for an emergency order to block clearcut… read more…
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Islanders asked for feedback on community forest shared with BCTS
If local control falls in a community forest, is itstill a sound idea? Islands loggers, sawmill owners, andcommunity leaders debated… read more…
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Quebec Cree’s campaign to save ancestral forest goes global
A northern Quebec Cree nation has gone global with the struggle to preserve one of the province’s last pristine forests… read more…
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EACOM purchases Sault plant
Failure of the Canadian and U.S. governments to reach a new softwood lumber agreement has left the industry in limbo… read more…
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Forests Ontario wants to document these ‘living landmarks’
Forests Ontario is calling on residents across the province recognize Ontario’s living landmarks – heritage trees – as a way… read more…