Articles
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Cooper: Environmentalism to blame for Calgary’s smoky air
Last week, smoke from wildfires in Washington and B.C. reached Saskatchewan. Air quality in Calgary was worse than that of… read more…
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Prairie Wood Solutions Fair – Registration deadline approaching
Treet – World’s Tallest Timber Building Treet is a residential building located in Bergen, Norway. The structural design utilized laminated… read more…
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Vancouver debates tree cover management after windstorm
Powerful wind and rain that swept the Vancouver region on the weekend highlighted the vulnerability of trees weakened by a… read more…
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Forest fire season winding down in B.C.
Campfire bans have been lifted for most of B.C. heading into the Labour Day weekend, and rain in most areas… read more…
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Canadian Lumber Firms Bet on U.S. Southeast
Some of the biggest lumber producers in the U.S. southeast are Canadian. Drawn to the region’s abundance of fast-growing timber,… read more…
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New Science Advisory Committee to Focus on Forestry
The Department of Natural Resources has created a Forest Biodiversity Science Advisory Committee to enhance the management of Nova Scotia’s… read more…
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Paving a new way for road base material
Building roads over swamps and muskegs has always been a challenge. Having them stand up to the weight of modern… read more…
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Green surprise: Why the world’s forests are growing back
If the air feels just a bit fresher, it may be because the trees are making a comeback. Despite a… read more…
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NS Point Tupper plant can’t meet targets
Nova Scotia Power Inc.’s under-performing biomass plant in Point Tupper will save ratepayers more than $9 million in annual fuel… read more…
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Liberals demand Alberta pursue Domtar for creosote cleanup
Alberta’s Liberal leader says the province needs to go after the former owner of a wood preserving plant to pay… read more…
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Fire erupts in Green Timbers Urban Forest
Firefighters have descended on a blaze in Green Timbers Urban Forest this morning. On Thursday morning, fire crews trucked water… read more…
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Controlled burn destroyed $100K of cut wood, N.W.T. man says
A woodcutter who works near Boundary Creek just off N.W.T.’s Highway 3 says he lost a year’s worth of work when… read more…
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They’re baaaack: Elm spanworm resurfaces on northeast Avalon
They’re unsightly and pesky, and have been known to induce a case of the heebie-jeebies. The elm spanworm has returned to the… read more…
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The concrete industry’s big issue with tall wood buildings
Concrete opposition Canada’s concrete industry has come out swinging against taller wood-frame buildings in general and the Quebec government’s recent decision… read more…
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CPCI joins 12-storey wooden building battle, questions Quebec government’s motives
In an ongoing conflict over building materials for mid-rise offices and housing, the Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute says the construction… read more…
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Quebec 12-storey mass timber building guide criticized over fire safety concern
Ten days after the Quebec government announced a technical guide on building mass timber buildings up to 12 storeys in… read more…
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B.C. commodity sector pummeled by global market meltdown
Companies in British Columbia’s already struggling commodity sector were dealt another blow Monday in the sell off of stocks that… read more…
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Critics question use of glyphosate herbicide in Newfoundland
Opposition critics in Newfoundland and Labrador are asking why the provincial government continues to aerial spray an herbicide flagged as… read more…
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Drop in commodities brings deeper pain
Commodity prices are tanking and they’re bringing Canadian markets down with them, but experts say some provinces will be feeling… read more…
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Economic Institute says caribou plan threatens jobs in Quebec
If the Quebec government further restricts logging activities in order to protect caribou, 2,931 jobs and $367 million of economic… read more…
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UVic students develop tree planting robot
Planting trees is back-breaking, repetitive work — but if two University of Victoria students have their way, robots will assist… read more…
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Conifex joins B.C. lumber producers bound for U.S. south
Conifex Timber Inc. CEO Ken Shields’ rationale for his company’s decision to spend US$21 million to buy a mothballed Arkansas… read more…
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Sault biotech firm gets research funding
A Sault Ste. Marie pest management firm received federal funding to search for the next generation of organic tree pesticides.… read more…
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Skilled trades shortage impacting forestry rebound
A forestry workers union head said there’s a plethora of well-paying mill jobs to be had in northwestern Ontario, but… read more…
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Hardwood facility purchased by B.C. investors
When True North Hardwood Plywood closed in 2013, 240 people lost their jobs and Cochrane lost one of its biggest… read more…