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Scientists made see-through wood that is cooler than glass
Wood is a strong and versatile building material, but it rots, gets eaten by bugs, and blocks light. Plain sheets… read more…
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Resolute Forest Products loses $42 million in the latest quarter
Resolute Forest Products Inc. reported a GAAP net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, of $42 million, or… read more…
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1,600 parasitic wasps released in Ontario, Quebec to fight off emerald ash borers
The Canadian Forest Service announced Wednesday it is releasing parasitic wasps in Ontario and Quebec this week in an effort… read more…
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Northern Pulp mill fails emissions testing again
Pictou, N.S., resident Terry Dunbrack is keenly aware of the Northern Pulp mill’s presence in his community. “That particulate matter that… read more…
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Canfor celebrates recent completion of two Canadian pellet plants
This summer Canfor Corp. officially marked the opening of its two new pellet plants collocated at company sawmill sites in… read more…
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Algonquin Park forest fire remains ‘out of control’
Firefighters in Algonquin Park deployed water bombers for a second day on Friday, to battle an out-of-control blaze that forced… read more…
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Court action threatened over eco-forest
A battle is brewing over the future of Wildwood, the renowned 31-hectare Vancouver Island ecoforest founded by the late Merv… read more…
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Ontario Forest fires surprisingly low
Though it has seemed pretty crispy-crunchy in many parts the province for several weeks now, the number of forest fires… read more…
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Wandering moose inspires cross-border trail
The 650-kilometre trek of a radio-collared moose named Alice is the inspiration for a proposed hiking trail from Ontario’s forested… read more…
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‘Run ragged’: Annapolis Royal firefighters still battling Seven Mile Lake wildfire
As of 9 a.m. Aug. 10, Department of Natural Resources (DNR) spokesperson Andrew Preeper said the Seven Mile Lake fire… read more…
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MNRF officially opens new Fire Management Centre
Thanks to a $20 million investment over the past two years, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s Sudbury Fire… read more…
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Spruce budworm findings fuel concern over possible outbreak
Scientists at Natural Resources Canada say that about 80 per cent of the spruce budworm moths they collected after a… read more…
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Nova Scotia restricts forest access amid ‘high’ risk of more wildfires: minister
As crews battle three wildfires in western Nova Scotia, the province is restricting activity within forests in a bid to keep more… read more…
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Community forest group one step closer to forest purchase
Forty hectares have never looked so good. At the end of June, the Cumberland Community Forest Society (CCFS) took a… read more…
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Northeast Ontario region forest fire update
Hot, dry and humid conditions have created the perfect scenario for forest fires in the Northeast region of Ontario, which… read more…
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Disputed $25-million product liability claim will not reach Canada’s highest court, for now
The Supreme Court of Canada recently announced it will not hear an appeal, from a forestry firm’s captive reinsurance company,… read more…
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B.C. man uses poplar trees to take recycling to a whole new level
David Derbowka has long turned to trees to clean up toxic landfills, using plantations of poplars to draw contaminants from… read more…
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Logging project helped trigger Cherryville landslide
More than four years after a Cherryville landslide almost destroyed a home, provincial documents that shed light on the cause… read more…
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Report into 2012 Cherryville slide made public
Cherryville residents are reigniting calls for restricted logging activities on the hills above them after viewing details into a landslide.… read more…
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UBC partnership aims to recycle environmental contaminants
UBC is partnering with a BC company to turn soil contaminants into household products. As part of the partnership, UBC… read more…
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Ten new forest fires reported in the Northeast today
There were ten new forest fires in the Northeast Region by late afternoon, Aug. 4. Algonquin Park 16 is under control at… read more…
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Editorial: Fix problem with Canadian timber subsidies
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Portland, must sometimes feel that old issues never die, they simply fade into the background for… read more…
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Fair trade is a jobs issue (Opinion)
Oregon jobs are at risk from subsidized Canadian lumber. Unless we can find a solution in the coming months to… read more…
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Crofton mill outages impact Catalyst quarter
Catalyst Paper, which owns the Crofton mill, recorded a net loss of $26.6 million for the second quarter of the… read more…
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Millions of FSC-certified products will be used at Rio 2016
Responsible Rio: Millions of FSC-certified products will be used at 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Attending Rio 2016 this summer? If… read more…