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Standing tall for trees: meet the women who are changing forestry
Sure, women around the world have made great strides in the workplace – but many fields are still dominated by… read more…
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Wood Pellet Association of Canada President resigns
The (Wood Pellet Association of Canada“WPAC”) announced the resignation today of Mr. Brad Bennett as President and Director. WPAC’s Board… read more…
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Logging contractors complain of low rates, inconsistent work
With the recovery of British Columbia’s forest industry underway, tensions are also rising between coastal logging contractors and the major… read more…
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U.S. paper producers file petition against Canadian competitors
U.S. paper producers are seeking trade action against Canadian rivals who they say are dumping their product south of the… read more…
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WoodWORKS release mid rise construction guide
Mid-Rise Wood Construction in the Ontario Building Code is a free guide based on a detailed code analysis and report that… read more…
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Mayor of Saguenay calls for action against Greenpeace, environmentalists
A video message posted on YouTube by the mayor of Saguenay is going viral after Jean Tremblay called on all city employees and unions to… read more…
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COFI convention set for April 8-9 in Prince George
The Council of Forest Industries will be holding its annual convention in Prince George April 8-9. This year’s convention will… read more…
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Should Canadians have a right to burn wood for heat?
It’s a part of a Canadian vignette that lives in so many of our memories; the crunch of sharp blades… read more…
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Resolute announces additional capacity reduction
Resolute Forest Products Inc., Montreal, has announced that it will permanently close a paper machine at its mill in Alma,… read more…
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Finally, a ray of light amid Nova Scotia’s forestry gloom?
Much has been said recently about clearcutting on public lands in southwestern Nova Scotia, including the former Bowater lands acquired… read more…
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Long road back from ‘disaster’: How one bad investment nearly destroyed Fortress Paper Ltd
Chad Wasilenkoff grew up in Calgary. The pulp and paper mills his company owns are in Switzerland and Quebec. His… read more…
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Consecutive harsh winters in U.S. hammer hemlock-killing insect
After one of the coldest months on record in East Tennessee, many people are more than ready for some warm… read more…
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NDP question gov’t on WorkSafeBC no show
The Opposition NDP put the Attorney General in their crosshairs over the handling of the current coroner’s inquest into the… read more…
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Producers brace for end of long truce in U.S.-Canada lumber wars
Canada’s lumber producers should be a happy lot. The U.S. housing market is coming back, exports are rising and the… read more…
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Bowing to pressure, 3M agrees to reshape its sustainable forestry policies
After a long siege of public pressure and negotiations, punctuated occasionally by media-savvy comic stunts, the 3M Co. has gone… read more…
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3M’s new pulp & paper policy impacts Resolute Forest Products
A new pulp and paper sourcing policy, aimed at protecting forests and respecting human rights, announced Thursday by 3M in collaboration with… read more…
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Equipment not up to code, Lakeland inquest told
The explosion that destroyed the Lakeland Mills sawmill originated in a spot where equipment not rated for use in a… read more…
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OFIA 72nd annual meeting a huge success
The Ontario Forest Industries Association’s (OFIA) 72nd Annual Meeting celebrated the forest products sector’s role as a sustainable economic engine… read more…
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Input invited on Fraser timber supply review
Comments are being accepted until May 3, 2015, on a new discussion paper released today as part of a comprehensive… read more…
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Dust removal lagged at mill, inquest told
One of the men killed in the Lakeland Mills sawmill explosion would “literally pound on the table in the lunchroom”… read more…
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Northern Pulp subcontracts rest of refit
Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corp. will complete a $22-million refit of its Abercrombie Point pulp mill with subcontractors after the Atlanta-based… read more…
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NASA has plan to take most detailed scans of the world’s forests ever
The story of climate change is closely tied to that of the carbon cycle. The increasing amounts of carbon dioxide… read more…
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First Nations seek injunction barring development in Fort St. John region
When he was a boy, Marvin Yahey lived mostly off the land, hunting and trapping year-round with his family in… read more…
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UBC scientists find key to deadly poplar tree fungus
University of B.C. scientists say they have discovered why a certain type of fungus is killing poplar trees. The researchers’… read more…
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B.C. ‘leads way’ in shift to wood construction
Vancouver architect Marie-Odile Marceau and the Wood Innovation and Design Centre in Prince George, designed by the firm Michael Green… read more…