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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…
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Paper Makers’ Promotional Campaign Takes Page From Farmers
Manufacturers of building products, paper and cardboard are trying to recast consumers’ negative perceptions about their industries by tapping into… read more…
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The battle for La Ronge: Soldiers join desperate fight to save endangered community from fire
The fire has jumped highways, streams and even a bulldozed no-man’s-land slashed through the woods by firefighters. By Tuesday night,… read more…
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Les Leyne: Little progress in fire-danger reduction
With nine evacuation orders or alerts issued recently due to wildfire threats, it’s worth recalling the independent Forest Practices Board’s… read more…
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Is There a Case to be Made for Letting Canada’s Wildfires Burn?
As climate change is fingered as a culprit behind the early rash of forest fires across Northern and Western Canada, experts say… read more…
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New Courses Added to Wood WORKS! E-Learning Centre
In recent months, the Wood WORKS! E-learning Centre added 15 new courses that were recorded at the Wood Solutions Fairs in Toronto, Vancouver and… read more…
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Six Storeys in Wood: The Alberta Mid-rise Opportunity Information Workshop
Don’t miss this comprehensive, one-day educational event that will discuss the 2015 National Code change permitting wood-frame mid-rise construction. We will… read more…
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Major global forest market challenges, opportunities await new COFI boss
When Susan Yurkovich steps in as chief executive officer of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) in September, she… read more…
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Recovery of B.C.’s forestry sector hits a rough patch
The bullish hopes for a stronger recovery in B.C.’s lumber sector in 2015 ran smack into a more bearish first-quarter… read more…
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Pinnacle plugs into the new power of wood
As the name suggests, Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. is in the energy business. But it can also be considered a… read more…
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Aurora Wood Pellets making headway on proposed plant in Canada
Four years ago, Aurora Wood Pellets Ltd. began the development of a 200,000-metric-ton pellet plant in the Northwest Territories of… read more…
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Forestry summit set to begin
Forestry ministers and industry leaders from across Canada will be discussing innovation and sustainability during meetings this week in Kenora… read more…
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There’s a ‘Warm Blob’ in the Pacific and It’s Partly to Blame for BC Forest Fires, California Drought, Hurricanes
A mass of unusually warm water in the northeast Pacific, christened the “warm blob” by researchers, is being partially blamed… read more…
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The air up there: Whistler choking on smoke as wildfires rage across province
Holly Chandler booked a holiday in Whistler and she got Beijing instead. That’s how the Toronto realtor compared the air… read more…
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Saskatoon firefighter says forest fires intense
Saskatoon firefighter Lieutenant Bruce Siemens is seeing and feeling the forest fires at close range in La Ronge. “It’s amazing how you… read more…
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False claims on federal Conservative Party website about $1 billion pine beetle funding for BC Interior
As noted in previous articles on 250 News, the Harper Conservative government promised $1 billion in funding for the BC… read more…