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Rentech’s Atikokan reached record wood pellet production
Rentech’s Atikokan facility in Ontario, Canada, achieved record production of approximately 1,850 metric tons of wood pellets for the week… read more…
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BC FOREST INDUSTRY PREPPING FOR TRADE MISSION TO ASIA
Forest industry leaders from across the province are set to depart for Asia on a trade mission to build the… read more…
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Forestry Builds New Archery Facility In Nanaimo
Generous donations from the forest sector are building dreams for a fast growing sport in Nanaimo—archery. Four forestry companies based… read more…
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BRIGHTON: Port Hawkesbury mill may shift stance on renewables
Port Hawkesbury Paper LP said this week it was “not planning to enter into the renewable-to-retail market,” despite its participation… read more…
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TimberWest put pellet plant construction on hold
Plans to build a $60-million pellet plant at Duke Point are on hold while TimberWest reviews its business model for… read more…
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Royal BC Museum asks Indo-Canadian community to check accuracy of displays
Members of B.C.’s Indo-Canadian community invited to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria on Nov. 21, inspected the museum’s displays… read more…
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Millar Western closes its lumber mill in Boyle, Alta., 91 workers to lose jobs
Millar Western says it is closing its Boyle lumber mill in northern Alberta indefinitely. The Edmonton-based company says softwood market… read more…
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U.S. trade body to move ahead with duties against Canadian glossy paper products
The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to move ahead with a series of costly duties against Canadian mills that… read more…
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Port Hawkesbury Paper, government to file NAFTA appeal in tariff dispute
Port Hawkesbury Paper has filed a North American Free Trade Agreement appeal in light of the U.S. government’s decision to uphold tariffs… read more…
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TAYLOR: U.S. tariff pushes Point Tupper mill to seek other markets
Port Hawkesbury Paper LP is vowing to use the North American Free Trade Agreement to fight a penalizing tariff imposed… read more…
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Study Underscores Importance of Forests and Forest Products in Mitigating Climate Change
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is applauding an issues paper released by the Canadian Climate Forum that documents… read more…
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Terrace, B.C. sawmill curtails operations
Terrace’s only sawmill has shut down one of its main wood processing units as log supply and foreign markets dwindle,… read more…
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Resolute counters dwindling paper demand by accelerating entry into tissue making
Resolute Forest Products is stepping up efforts to counter dwindling demand for paper by accelerating its entry into the North… read more…
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Pointe-Claire to fell 325 of ash trees
Pointe-Claire will cut down 325 ash trees on public property over the next four months to prevent the spread of the… read more…
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Forestry graduates ready for employment
Graduates of a new forestry equipment operator program say they are ready to get to work. “The program has given… read more…
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EDITORIAL: Park should release scientific evidence for moose cull
On any visit to Cape Breton Highlands National Park, to see a moose is a highlight. But the proliferation of… read more…
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FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY CEO
The Chair of the Board of Forest Products Association of Canada, Curt Stevens, today announced that Paul Lansbergen will be… read more…
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Logrolling: The softwood lumber dispute is lurching back to life
For anyone thinking that the Obama administration’s decision on the Keystone pipeline represents a clearing of the Canada-U.S. decks —… read more…
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Softwood Lumber Agreement missing from trade minister’s mandate letter
When the Prime Minister’s Office released the ministerial mandate letters for the new cabinet last Friday, the thing that stood… read more…
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Fighting Over Forests Is Now Routine in U.S.-Canada Relationship
The U.S. and Canada have for decades fought over the lumber trade. Now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is about to be… read more…
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Growing B.C. food exports could surpass forestry
A dramatic increase in B.C. food and beverage exports is leading manufacturers to wonder whether food could surpass forestry as B.C.’s… read more…
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Resolute Forest Products (RFP) Closes $156M Acquisition of Atlas Paper Holdings
Resolute Forest Products announced the acquisition of Atlas Paper Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer of at-home and away-from-home tissue products, including… read more…
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Architectural firm wins provincial award
Nelson Architecture’s inspired use of wood in the construction of an elementary school addition was rewarded with a design award… read more…
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Very Old Firewood Tells A Tale Of Flammable Forests
A photographer from Wenatchee, Washington, has made a revealing discovery at the scene of a remote and long-abandoned fire lookout:… read more…
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In the Garden: Managing Vancouver’s urban forest
Bill Stephen, tree expert with City of Vancouver’s urban forest strategy team, wants to show me how hard it is… read more…