Articles
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Michigan man gets back to basics in harvesting timber
Forwarders and harvesters are among the common giants in the woods around any commercial logging operation, but one Upper Peninsula… read more…
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Tall wood building committee will work on 2021 global building codes
American Wood Council says the International Code Council (ICC) Board of Directors approval of the formation of a Tall Wood… read more…
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2016 Interior Safety Conference
Choose To Save Lives – Actively Participate in a Safety Culture Plans are well underway for the 2016 Interior Safety… read more…
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How value-added exports are boosting Canada’s economy
In the course of researching a forthcoming commentary on Canada’s trade policy for the good folks over at the Institute… read more…
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Prove your beard: Nova Scotia lumberjack camp earns tourism industry award
When Darren Hudson first purchased land in Barrington, the seven-time logrolling champion lumberjack had a vision. “I wanted to pass… read more…
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Northland completes $30.6 million purchase of Boyle AB sawmill
Less than six weeks after announcing its closure, a family-owned local timber company has purchased a Boyle sawmill from an… read more…
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Adapting to Steep Change: Staying Competitive in the Global Forest Industry
BC’s coastal forest industry has never been under this much pressure to keep pace with the global market place. The… read more…
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WorkSafeBC faces lawsuit over 2012 mill explosions
Employees of two British Columbia sawmills destroyed by fire in 2012 have launched a class-action lawsuit against the provincial agency… read more…
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KFP Sawmill restart offers new hope for Kenora, Mayor Dave Canfield says
The mayor of Kenora says the pending start up of the Kenora Forest Products sawmill is a good sign for the… read more…
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America’s First Wood High-Rise Building to Debut in Portland
Wood is a go-to material for floors, doors, furniture, and now, a skyscraper—the very first of its kind in the… read more…
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Wildfires broke record in 2015 — scorching an area seven times the size of Toronto
Wildfires scorched a record amount of Canada’s national parks last year — the latest in a number of long, hot… read more…
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China free-trade deal could bring ‘billions and billions’ to Canada annually: expert
A Canada-China free-trade deal could bring “billions and billions of dollars” to the sagging Canadian economy each year, according to… read more…
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Ways to combat local forestry job loss by 2020 discussed
Most people may not realize that a significant reduction on the Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) in the Williams Lake TSA… read more…
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Regional sawmills ramping up
Sawmills in Ear Falls and Kenora are taking advantage of the ongoing recovery in the lumber sector and are ramping… read more…
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Tolko contributes lumber for new daycare centre
Tolko Industries Ltd. is donating lumber for the new Women’s Contact Society Kidcare Daycare. The donation will provide material to… read more…
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Pioneer marmot in captive breeding program dies at 14
A Canadian pioneer — born on Vancouver Island with stops in Langley, Toronto and Calgary —has died. Harriet, a 14-year-old… read more…
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City taking ‘wise’ approach to tree killer
The City of Orillia has put its ash trees under surveillance to keep an eye out for the emerald ash… read more…
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Weak loonie and U.S. ‘revival’ bump up Canadian exports, trim trade deficit
Canada’s exports grew for the first time in four months in November, cutting the trade deficit in a sign the… read more…
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One UK power station is planning to burn so much, it could skew the world’s wood market
Europe is in a bind. It has ambitious goals for changing its polluting energy system, and plans to source 20%… read more…
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House in Poland is clad in ThermoWood
When Designboom described this house in Poland, designed by też architekci, as “a stealthy and brooding presence” I thought that was for sure,… read more…
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COMMENT-Worth the paper it’s printed on?
They waited almost until New Year’s Eve to do it, but Resolute Forest Products has decided to make things interesting… read more…
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Land access agreement reached Cumberland-area for forest lands
The United Riders of Cumberland (UROC), Village of Cumberland, TimberWest Forest Corp., and Hancock Forest Management announced Tuesday that a… read more…
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Assessed home values drop in B.C. resource communities
The value of homes in communities dependent on resource extraction has taken a beating in 2015, the sour note in… read more…
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Forestry Outlook 2016: Forecast is for stability
Some time in the new year, the new federal Liberal government will begin consulting Canadians on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)… read more…
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Peter Foster: Resolute Forest’s day in court promises to expose global anti-development agenda
Now the Quebec government is calling for the Forest Council to back down Slowly but surely, multinational environmental enforcer Greenpeace is… read more…