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Resolute Forest Products Trading Down 12.4% After Earnings Miss (RFP)
Resolute Forest Products (NYSE:RFP)’s share pricetraded down 12.4% during trading on Thursday following a dissappointing earnings announcement, American Banking and Market News reports.… read more…
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Mud, Sweat and Tears: The Gruelling Life of a Tree Planter
When Jonathan “Scooter” Clark began planting trees for a living in 1990, his work camp was “bush league” at best.… read more…
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What is the Great Green Wall of China?
Unlike the Great Wall of China, a 5,000-mile fortification dating back to the 7th century BC that separates northern China… read more…
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James D. Irving inducted to Order of Canada
James (Jim) D. Irving was invested in the Order of Canada in Ottawa today. Irving was one of 38 members,… read more…
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Tree Canada announces $83,000 to help reforest urban Alberta
While the City of Calgary is working double-time to get through even a portion of the damaged trees from ‘Snowtember’,… read more…
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Quebec forest fire risk highest it’s been in a decade
The annual number of forest fires this year is the highest it’s been in a decade, according to the province’s forest fire… read more…
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Forestry industry optimistic at annual Vernon, B.C. trade show
The parking lot at Vernon’s Kal Tire Place is filled with large-scale forestry equipment this week. It’s part of an… read more…
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One-fifth of ash trees Hamilton, ON. is trying to save are dying anyway
The news has gone from bad to worse for the city’s ash trees. Even many of the trees the city… read more…
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Apple expands green initiative to Chinese manufacturing, to manage 1M acres of forest
The managed forest initiative, established in cooperation with World Wildlife Fund China, is a multi-year plan that brings Apple closer… read more…
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Cochrane Power biomass plant to shut down, unless government acts
After seeking a renewal to their energy selling agreement with the provincial government for over a year in order to… read more…
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Open-air fires banned across southern Quebec
Open-air fires either in or close to forests have been banned in certain areas across southern Quebec because of current weather conditions. The ban… read more…
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Interfor buys sawmill in Arkansas for US$29.3M plus inventory and other costs
Interfor Corp. (TSX:IFP) is buying a sawmill in Monticello, Ark., for just under US$29.3 million plus the cost of log… read more…
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Cathedral of wood ingrained with history
While the prospect of Island Timberlands dropping trees in the PRSC Limited Partnership lands is generating controversy, a huge structure… read more…
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Record trade deficit masks non-energy export strength
A record Canadian trade deficit in March caused by plunging oil prices has masked an encouraging trend – strength in… read more…
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Polymer Makes Safer Furniture
Wood is a popular material in interior design, but its water absorbency limits its use in bathrooms, where natural wood… read more…
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Capturing the Full and Unrealized Value of Biofuels — Market Mechanisms are Needed
During the past decade, production of biofuels has gained momentum largely due to policies and mandates aimed at addressing energy… read more…
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Maine legislators push for expanded review of Canadian paper subsidies
As the Department of Commerce continues its investigation of Canadian subsidies within the supercalendered paper market, a trio of legislators… read more…
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Tembec’s Temiscaming Ontario cogen project is online, at budget
Tembec relates some of the challenges of bringing the company’s new turbine online in its quarterly report for the period… read more…
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Northwest Territories bracing for more wildfires after record-breaking 2014
The Northwest Territories is bracing for another hot wildfire season as a new report details last year’s record-breaking burns. “It’s… read more…
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Fighting forest fires can come with a big price tag for Ontario Muni.
The municipality of Oliver Paipoonge could on the hook for a bill totalling more than $10,000 to fight Monday’s brush… read more…
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13 new forest fires in Ontario over the past four days
Since Thursday, 13 new fires have been confirmed in the region says the MNR. Of these, four fires are still… read more…
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Northern Pulp to shut down to install air pollution equipment
Northern Pulp will shutdown its Pictou County paper mill on May 30 in order to install equipment to meet air pollution… read more…
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Henry Yorke Mann: An early proponent of ‘extreme wood’ design
Henry Yorke Mann figured among British Columbia’s pioneer organic architects, but of a markedly different strand from his more famous… read more…
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B.C. coastal community calls for end to logging in city
Powell River was founded by the timber industry, but the small Sunshine Coast community about 145 kilometres northwest of Vancouver… read more…
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Firefighters, water bombers control Stanley blaze as it approaches properties
In Thunder bay, Ontario a major brush fire near Stanley was threatening an area cemetery and a number of properties… read more…