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Wood pellet producer working to meet demand
Wood pellets have been at a premium over the last two years because of back-to-back severe winters. Local retailers had… read more…
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Report relates ON districts’ population growth to forestry sector cycles
A new Northern Policy Institute report entitled Diversify, Innovate, Invest…and Grow identifies the Kenora district among five of the 11… read more…
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U.S. forest service eyes development of improved fire shelter
The man tapped by the U.S. Forest Service to come up with a better fire shelter once had to get inside one… read more…
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The hard life of a tree on the streets of downtown Guelph, ON
Planting a tree in an urban environment is like placing it on death row. In the wild, ash and linden… read more…
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War-in-the-woods peace talks hit snags
The deadline for a final agreement on the Great Bear Rainforest – a precedent-setting pact between the B.C. coastal forest… read more…
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Western Forest Products exceeds $1B in sales in 2014
With a 6% increase in sales revenue to a total of around CAD1.037bn, Canadian Western Forest Products (WFP) succeeded in… read more…
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N.S. sawmill collapse repairs to take 6 weeks
A Halifax-area lumber producer hopes to have its sawmill running again within six weeks after a recent flash freeze led to… read more…
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Manage forest with local input – Opinion
Right now there is a window of opportunity to change forest management planning north of Kenora. The Ministry of Natural… read more…
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Community Forest takes the blame for “old-growth” logging
Five years ago Norm Goodell cut down trees he wasn’t supposed to. It was a mistake a hundred years in… read more…
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Port Hawkesbury mill’s subsidies targeted in U.S. complaint
How much subsidy is too much? Two American pulp and paper mill owners are alleging that Nova Scotia has unfairly… read more…
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Domtar welcomes investment by Schlumberger in CelluForce
Domtar Corporation announced today an investment by Schlumberger in CelluForce, a joint venture between Domtar and FPInnovations that manufactures wood-derived nanocrystalline… read more…
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Legislative changes support BC Timber Sales review recommendations
Amendments to forestry legislation introduced today will enhance the effectiveness of BC Timber Sales and allow the transfer of pulpwood… read more…
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Intelescope Solutions raises $8.3M for automation Of forestry analytics
Intelescope Solutions is a forest analytics company that utilizes drone and satellite imagery to transform the massive forestry industry. Intelescope… read more…
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New invasive species website provides information to protect Canada’s forests and green spaces
The Invasive Species Centre has launched a comprehensive new website on invasive species in Canada’s forests. Forest Invasives Canada (www.forestinvasives.ca) provides an easily-accessible portal for… read more…
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Ontario investing in wood pellet manufacturing facilities in Wawa and Atikokan
Ontario is investing in two projects to help Rentech Inc., a Northern Ontario fibre company, to convert two idle wood product… read more…
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From skyscraper to ‘plyscraper’: The tower blocks made from wood
If the 20th century was the century of the skyscraper, then the 21st century is shaping up as the century… read more…
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Northern Pulp denies closure rumour
The Northern Pulp mill is here for the long haul. “Rumours that our mill is closing any time soon are… read more…
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New bill could mean good things for Alberta forestry
Proponents of the bill say it’s a win-win win for Alberta. The innocuous sounding Bill 203 titled “Safety Codes (Sustainable… read more…
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Rising demand brightens future for battered, falling lumber stocks
Lumber stocks have taken a beating so far this year amid falling prices for the key construction commodity, but some… read more…
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Inquest into Prince George sawmill explosion to hear evidence from post-blast probe
Federal trade officials have launched an investigation of Canadian government subsidies to the Port Hawkesbury Paper mill, which two paper… read more…
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Union pulls out of sawmill inquest over company’s contentious investigation
A union representing more than 9,000 forestry workers is withdrawing from a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of four sawmill… read more…
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Mountain Pine Beetle Still Active in South Okanagan
The devastation caused by the little mountain pine beetle is on the decline, but there are some areas in the… read more…
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CBU and B.W. BioEnergy researching value added products from birch trees
Cape Breton University is partnering with a New Waterford-based company to produce a valuable compound from birch bark that could… read more…
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New map shows details of NB Crown forests
The New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources released a new online map March 12 that shows, in detail, Crown land conservation areas.… read more…
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NSP boiler consumed 50 truckloads of wood biomass a day in 2014
The biomass boiler near Port Hawkesbury consumed 530,000 tonnes of woody biomass last year, with nearly a quarter of that imported… read more…