Articles
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Letter: Paper bags are a better choice environmentally than plastic ones
Re: “The future of plastic bags” (Editorial, May 22) We challenge your claim that “paper bags take more energy and… read more…
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Chuck Chiang: Trade with ASEAN nations can and does work
Given Ottawa’s recent focus on trade opportunities in Southeast Asia, it’s natural that people start asking whether such trade is… read more…
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Little Bobtail Lake wildfire 80 per cent contained
A 25,000-hectare wildfire that had been burning out of control for more than two weeks southwest of Prince George, B.C. is… read more…
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Alberta Forest Fires Shut 9% of Canada’s Oil Sands Capacity
Alberta forest fires have prompted the shutdown of about 9 percent of Canada’s oil sands production. Cenovus Energy Inc. closed… read more…
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Efforts underway to reopen Rutherglen ON. plant
Five years after Columbia Forest Products shut down its Rutherglen veneer plant, efforts are underway to reopen the facility. “I’m… read more…
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Ontario’s largest tree, discovered along Ottawa River, receives tall order
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) in conjunction with Forests Ontario have announced the discovery of Ontario’s tallest tree. At… read more…
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13 story timber tower to be built in Quebec City, will be tallest in North America
The province of Quebec has a lot of trees and forests, and a nascent Cross-Laminated Timber industry. Now Quebec City’s… read more…
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Column: Impact of sawlog supply crunch reduced through co-operation
A recent article (May issue of the Logging and Sawmilling Journal) on highlights of a panel discussion organized by the… read more…
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Catalyst announces major investment in Rumford mill
Catalyst Paper (TSX:CYT) today announced an investment of nearly $16 million in the Rumford pulp and paper mill in Maine,… read more…
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Groups say TimberWest went on logging-spree ahead of new rules
Environmental groups have accused TimberWest of speeding up logging in the Great Bear Rainforest before tougher regulations take effect –… read more…
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Habitat For Humanity and SFI team up to put roofs over heads
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Habitat for Humanity Canada are helping to put a roof over the heads of… read more…
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COUNTING CARIBOU
Despite declarations by special interest environmental groups that there is a caribou crisis in Ontario, a review of Ministry of… read more…
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Sustainable Forestry Initiative aim to Break a World Record for a Cause
People of all ages and backgrounds from across the U.S. and Canada came together Wednesday to break the Guinness World… read more…
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Northern Pulp blasts N.S. rules
Northern Pulp alleges its most recent industrial approval is an attempt by the provincial government to “impose conditions” that require… read more…
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Forest Capital of Canada Recognition Ceremony
The Canadian Forestry Association (CFA) and the Canadian Institute of Forestry (CIF/IFC) presented the community of Constance Lake First Nation,… read more…
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B.C.’s controversial wolf cull program to save caribou will continue
British Columbia’s controversial wolf control program will have to go on for at least a decade, and other animals may… read more…
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Citizen group coordinates pole line picket
Island Timberlands, the company engaged in timber harvest in Lot 450, is not planning to hold any public forums to… read more…
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B.C.’s proactive wildfire strategy ‘absolutely missing’, says Quesnel mayor
The B.C. government is not doing enough to prevent catastrophic wildfires and proactive fire management is “absolutely missing” in its… read more…
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Fire has little impact on forest sector
The Little Bobtail Lake forest fire may have had only a limited impact on that area’s fibre supply. Initial estimates… read more…
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B.C. Forestry research facility receives $5.6 million in federal funding
A federal infrastructure funding announcement on May 15 included $5.6 million to upgrade the Pacific Forestry Centre in Victoria, a… read more…
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Growing northern B.C. wildfire believed to be man-made
The RCMP has joined an investigation into a wildfire in northern B.C. over the possibility arson was involved. The police… read more…
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Wood costs push Tembec to suspend sawmill operations in Quebec
Tembec is suspending operations at its three sawmills in Quebec due to the high cost of wood supply in the… read more…
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Tolko rolling out plans to fix soot storm
Residents of Palisades mobile park home in Spallumcheen say on windy days, they feel like prisoners in their homes. The… read more…
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Grexit and the mysterious case of the near doubling of Fortress Paper shares
A mysterious spike in the shares of a small Canadian pulp and paper stock is rumoured to foretell an exit… read more…
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Eyes in the woods
British Columbia’s Forest Practices Board (FPB) is 20 years old. It was created in December 1994 to provide independent oversight… read more…