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Atikokan ON looks to small business to boost its economy
One community in northwestern Ontario is pinning its hopes on small business to bring it more economic prosperity. Atikokan has struggled… read more…
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First Nations leaders claim harvesting rights not respected in Treaty 3
First Nations leaders in Treaty 3 claim provincial law enforcement agents are infringing on their members’ harvesting rights. Four Anishinaabe… read more…
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Weyerhaeuser completes merger with Plum Creek
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced the completion of the merger with Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Shareholders of both companies… read more…
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Kenora ON Sawmill back in business
After millions of dollars in upgrades over the past year, 30 Unifor union members are now back at work producing… read more…
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Alberta producers hope to avoid trade war over wood
Lumber producers in Alberta hope the federal governments in Canada and the United States are able to quickly hammer out… read more…
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Tolko at the top
Vernon-based Tolko Industries has been named one of B.C.’s top employers for 2016, by the editors of Canada’s Top 100… read more…
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What is the future of forestry?
‘Wood is good” is the motto of the Lakehead University Wood Science and Testing Facility (LUWSTF). The group believes wood… read more…
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Tall trees turning Port Renfrew, B.C. into tourist hot spot
The discovery of a grove of massive and unusual cedar trees six years ago has slowly been attracting more and… read more…
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Ontario promises to reveal cap-and-trade plan details within weeks
Ontario’s Liberal government is promising all the details of its cap-and-trade plan to put a price on carbon and reduce… read more…
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Canada sought to reassure Japan in TPP letter
The creation of a forestry committee and reassurance for Japanese companies were the reasons behind Canada’s side letter with Japan… read more…
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Port traffic down as commodities continue to slump
Port traffic After a decade of growth, traffic through the port remained flat in 2015, according to year-end numbers released… read more…
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Low loonie a boost for Corner Brook newsprint mill
The low Canadian dollar is providing a boost for Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, but its parent company says profits are… read more…
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B.C. forestry waste as a cash cow?
A B.C. First Nation wants to use wood waste from clear-cut logging to support aboriginal financial growth. The initiative attempts… read more…
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The quest for cleaner fire: Why it’s time to rethink our favourite way to get warm
On a crisp winter day, few scents appeal more than wood smoke, which signals, on a primal level, comfort and… read more…
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COFI applauds BC Budget 2016
The Council of Forest Industries (COFI) congratulates the B.C. government’s tabling of its fourth consecutive balanced budget today. The budget… read more…
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Northern Pulp mill drops appeal after province alters regulations
Reaction has been mixed after the province eased several compliance items within Northern Pulp’s appeal of its industrial approval. The… read more…
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Timber! Poland’s bid to increase logging 8-fold in primeval Bialowieza Forest
Poland’s environment ministry has a plan for a huge increase in logging in Europe’s last great primeval forest, writes Zachary… read more…
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Once again, Canadian lumber’s fate hangs in a perverse balance
The Softwood Lumber Agreement negotiated by prime minister Stephen Harper’s new government in 2006 expired on Oct. 12, 2015, ending… read more…
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Wildfire season handed a start date, and it’s extra early
At least one western province plans to get the jump on the 2016 wildfire season by circling a date on… read more…
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Grains and trees unite
Municipal leaders along with the agriculture and forestry sector have banded together to launch a bold new strategy called Growing… read more…
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Sawmills improve on wood dust problems
Forest companies appear to have controlled wood dust in their sawmills and pellet plants following deadly explosions in 2012, but… read more…
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NB MLA’s support of PC forestry plan wavering
A Progressive Conservative MLA says he may rethink his support for the PC forestry plan he voted for in 2014… read more…
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Your Parmesan cheese may contain wood pulp
There may be a secret ingredient in your Parmesan cheese: wood. A recent Bloomberg News investigation has found that certain… read more…
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Scientist questions JNP’s use of fire to fight pine beetle
Using prescribed burns to slow the spread of the mountain pine beetle is an expensive method that likely won’t work,… read more…
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Sourcing materials tough for pioneering wooden mid-rise
Building Toronto’s first modern wooden mid-rise has certainly been a learning curve, starting with where to get the construction materials.… read more…