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Forestry Safety Association to host 4th annual Symposium
The Forestry Safety Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (FSANL) will host their 4th Annual Health and Safety Symposium in Gander… read more…
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First board from new Atikokan planing mill
Another milestone has been reached at the new Resolute Forest Products sawmill at Sapawe, as the first board was dressed,… read more…
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Exhibit showcases super-scooper water bombers, ‘a great Canadian success story’
A new exhibition at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada explores the history of Canadian-made water bombers — known… read more…
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Cutting down trees may save a sprawling Arizona forest
Following years of debate surrounding the project, top Forest Service officials yesterday hailed a key step forward for the nation’s… read more…
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Engineered softwood could transform pulp, paper and biofuel industries
Scientists have demonstrated the potential for softwoods to process more easily into pulp and paper if engineered to incorporate a… read more…
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NL Cottles Island Lumber expects operations to resume this week
Cottles Island Lumber, the central Newfoundland lumber company whose premises were partially destroyed by fire earlier this month, says production is expected… read more…
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Idled Chetywnd, BC pulp mill restarting
There’s some good news for the town of Chetwynd on the jobs front, with the pending May 1 reopening of… read more…
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Top execs address the “brain drain” during PaperCon
Several seasoned executives offered insights during PaperCon about how their companies are dealing the demographic and cultural shifts that have… read more…
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Forest industry welcomes budget help for collaborative research and innovation
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is grateful that today’s federal budget continues the federal support for forest sector… read more…
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British Colombia needs better count on 600,000 kilometers of resource roads: report
B.C.’s independent forest-industry watchdog said Tuesday that the province still doesn’t have a good handle on the management of the… read more…
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Urban Forestry South tests urban forest audit system
An audit system developed by the U.S. Forest Service can help urban forest programs benchmark their resources and program capacity,… read more…
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McDonald’s announces new sustainable sourcing policy
Global fast-food giant McDonald’s on Tuesday pledged to end deforestation across its entire supply chain. The announcement follows recent similar… read more…
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Industry merger and aquisitions reach historic heights
It only took one megadeal is an otherwise quiet quarter to boost mergers and acquisition (M & A) activity in… read more…
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Pic River announces major investment in forestry
The Pic River First Nation announced today a major investment in forestry purchasing harvesting equipment which will be used to… read more…
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Two Sides celebrates Earth Day with good news about paper and sustainable forestry
Two Sides North America announces the release of an engaging infographic that presents key facts about the relationship between Paper and… read more…
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Port Alberni water fight has political implications – Comment
Gaze west from this city’s quay over the lovely silver-flecked vista of Alberni Inlet and steep, forest-clad ridges frame the… read more…
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Scientists create bigger, faster-growing trees in a bid to beat climate change
Trees that grow twice as fast as normal have been developed by scientists, in a bid to boost renewable energy… read more…
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Northern Pulp to shut Boat Harbour waste treatment plant in 2020
The province of Nova Scotia has set aside $50 million to begin cleaning up the pulp mill waste treatment plant… read more…
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Boat Harbour cleanup far from simple – Comment
Fifty million dollars is a lot of money, but it may not be enough to pay for the Boat Harbour… read more…
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Russian ecologists warn summer could see repeat of 2010 wildfires
With fires already raging across parts of Siberia, Russia can expect “catastrophic” wildfires as bad as or worse than those that… read more…
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200 hectare forest fire northwest of Kenora ON threatens two lodges
A forest fire burning 68 kilometres northwest of Kenora is threatening two lodges, and is very close to the Caribou Falls hydroelectric… read more…
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Grants for invasive plants
The B.C. government is distributing more than $1.7 million in grant money to help control the spread of invasive plant… read more…
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North American Wholesale Lumber Association regional meeting coming in May
The NAWLA Toronto regional meeting will feature two expert speakers for this afternoon event. Peter Brown, Deloitte Peter E. Brown… read more…
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Apple is buying up 36,000 acres of forest to conserve it
Apple is partnering with an environmental nonprofit to purchase roughly 36,000 acres of private forestland, which will be sustainably harvested… read more…
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Province monitoring trumpeter swans near logging site
A pair of trumpeter swans has returned to Kangienos Lake in the Ghost Valley, raising residents’ hopes that the birds will… read more…