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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…
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Smithers forest licensee gets good audit report
An audit of forest licence A70026, held by Lowell A. Johnson Consultants Ltd., found compliance with B.C.’s forestry legislation, according… read more…
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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…
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Jens Wieting: Why Vancouver Island’s Walbran Valley rainforest matters
A new Sierra Club map of B.C.’s southern coastal rainforest shows why the Walbran rainforest on Vancouver Island matters, and what we… read more…
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Safety discussed as Cape Breton moose hunt remains on hold
The moose cull in Cape Breton Highlands National Park remained suspended Thursday for safety reasons, one day after protesters confronted… read more…
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Ontario Wood WORKS! 2015 Wood Design Award Winners Announced
A select group of Ontario’s leading architects, engineers, and project teams received Wood Design Awards at the 15th annual Wood WORKS! celebration in… read more…
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Deal reached to buy Wildwood Ecoforest
A deal has been reached that could see ownership of Wildwood Ecoforest in Cedar transferred from the Land Conservancy of… read more…
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Spray Lakes logging trucks approval angers Bighorn area residents
Some residents of the Ghost Valley, west of Cochrane, are upset that logging trucks have been granted permission to use local… read more…
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City task forces to tackle forestry and waterfront site
City council has approved the formation of two new task forces designed to rejuvenate forestry in the community and to… read more…
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Closure costs burden Canfor result
One-off costs totalling Can$19.4m in connection with the closure of the Canal Flats sawmill in British Columbia, as well as… read more…
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Logging Opponents Block Road Work in ‘Threatened’ Walbran Valley
Three individuals temporarily blocked logging company Teal Jones Group’s road building work in the Walbran Valley on Tuesday, suggesting that… read more…
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Elephants in Indonesia being trained to help fight forest fires
Forestry officials in Indonesia are training elephants to help with the management of the local area. Trained elephants are now… read more…
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Court approves $32.5M settlement in Sino-Forest class-action lawsuit
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a $32.5-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by investors who lost… read more…
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Cape Breton moose cull prompts protests
Dennis Day was all ready to protest a Mi’kmaq moose hunt that Parks Canada approved for Monday on North Mountain… read more…
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117,000 trees to be planted along the Highway of Heroes
The Highway of Heroes Tribute and Forests Ontario have launched a campaign to honour Canada’s fallen by planting 117,000 trees… read more…
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Conifex To Upgrade El Dorado Mill Before Mackenzie
Prince George, B.C.- Conifex has made its decision, and the El Dorado sawmill in the Southern US will be upgraded… read more…