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Barbara Yaffe: B.C.’s forest industry restructures for expected recovery
A trend whereby B.C. forestry companies have been snapping up sawmills south of the border while shuttering plants here is… read more…
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Forestry fight spreads
Anyone who knows Northern Ontario knows that forestry is king. We supply enormous amounts of wood, pulp, paper and a… read more…
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Cree and Quebec sign agreement to resolve dispute over forestry practices
The Quebec government and James Bay Cree representatives have signed a partnership and co-operation agreement aimed at resolving a forestry dispute about… read more…
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Quebec’s Broadback Boreal forest receives protection from logging
A Quebec boreal forest will see about 1.3 million acres – more than a third of its land – protected… read more…
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Wildfire future: Canada facing far more flames in years to come
From Vancouver, where the hazy orange air smelled like a campfire last week, to smoke-clouded Saskatchewan, wildfires are adding even… read more…
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IFIT: A Proven Success Story for Forest Sector Transformation
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) welcomes the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) performance report that underscores the… read more…
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MP defends gov’t pine beetle response
The federal government has been fulfilling its commitment to mountain pine beetle-affected communities, according to a local member of Parliament.… read more…
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B.C. wildfires hammer ministry budget but increase revenue for firefighting companies
2015 is shaping up to be one of B.C.’s most devastating forest fire years on record, with the government already… read more…
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Man spent four years growing a church out of trees
It looks like something from a computer game, but this church made out of trees is very much real. The… read more…
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Canada’s Forestry Ministers to counter enviro campaigns
Natural resource ministers across Canada have agreed to challenge environmental campaigns that target the forestry industry. Ontario’s Minister of Natural… read more…
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NELSON BC moves closer to creating biomass plant
The city is poised on the threshold of yet another pioneering effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the community.… read more…
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By the numbers: northern Sask. forest fires, July 11
Wildfire numbers: Canadian Armed Forces members on the ground, fighting fires: 360 Evacuees staying in Cold Lake, Alta.: 758 Kilometres to… read more…
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‘Green economy’ conference to focus on forestry
A Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (NEIA) conference this fall will focus on the province’s forestry-connected businesses, according to the… read more…
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NS Firewood in high demand already
Robert Brooks has burnt wood to heat his home in Mt. William for 13 years now, but has never had… read more…
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B.C. fire count grows to 250 despite weekend rain
It’s another weekend, another 120 new fires for British Columbia – bringing the total number of active blazes in the… read more…
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Pine beetles partly to blame for bad wildfire season: UBC Forestry expert
A UBC Forestry expert says BC’s Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic may be partly to blame for the tough wildfire season.… read more…
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Forestry to disappear from Quebec’s North Shore without more support, says Resolute Forest Products
Resolute Forest Products Inc. and the two other forestry companies working in Quebec’s North Shore region say the entire industry… read more…
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B.C. fires: Martin Mars water bomber coming out of retirement
The last remaining Martin Mars water bomber is “coming out of retirement” to fight the wildfires burning up B.C. this… read more…
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Innovation in Canada’s Forest Products Industry
Where we’ve come and where we’re going by David Lindsay, President & CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada speaking at the Canadian Conference… read more…
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What happens when wildfire meets permafrost in Alaska?
You don’t need a PhD in geochemistry to know that fire and ice don’t play nice together. You do, however, need a… read more…
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Kenora declaration on innovation welcomed by forest sector
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased with the principles and spirit behind the Kenora Declaration on Forest… read more…
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Government makes changes to pulp mill permit
The government is making eight changes to its industrial approval of Northern Pulp, in response to an appeal from the… read more…
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Cash windfall for Kenora Forest Products
The long-awaited restart of Kenora Forest Products received a cash injection courtesy of the federal government. Local MP Greg Rickford,… read more…
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Gov’t hosts forestry roundtable
The Honourable Greg Rickford, MP-Kenora, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern… read more…
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U.S. housing recovery, low loonie, boost Canada’s wood sector: report
Canada’s wood products sector is expected to enjoy a recovery through the rest of the decade but the turnaround won’t… read more…