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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…
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Much less sawdust at rebuilt mill, inquest told
A worker in the Lakeland Mills sawmill described a marked difference in dealing with sawdust since the facility was rebuilt… read more…
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Russian newsprint is hurting producers here
Low-cost Russian newsprint is biting a big piece out of North American producers’ traditional export markets in Asia and Latin… read more…
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Genetic data can help predict how pine forests will cope with climate change
Data from only a small number of gene variants can predict which maritime pine trees are most vulnerable to climate… read more…
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Two Sides launches new global anti-greenwash initiative
New research reveals major global corporations are still ignoring regulations put in place to protect consumers from misleading marketing claims.… read more…
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Alberni sawmill expected to reopen this week after fire
Operations at the Western Forest Products sawmill in Port Alberni, which came to a halt because of a fire Tuesday… read more…
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Lumber Sector Counts Its Rings
While the decline in oil prices have some holding their breath, other industries — like forestry — are exhaling just… read more…
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Russian newsprint is hurting producers here
Low-cost Russian newsprint is biting a big piece out of North American producers’ traditional export markets in Asia and Latin… 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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Log prices in Western US fell in the 3Q because decreasing log exports to Asia
The sawlog market in Western US has been impacted a constant increase in log exports to Asia. This upward trend… read more…
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Forest tree seeds arrive at Svalbard’s ‘Doomsday vault’
Norway spruce and Scots pine samples have entered the vault inside a mountain on the Arctic archipelago. The frozen depository… read more…