Articles
-
Ontario releases guide to develop a workplace safety plan
TORONTO — The Ontario government is providing employers with a new general workplace guide, which will help them read more…
-
Ontario improves highway safety in Northern Ontario
COCHRANE – Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation, announced that the Government of Ontario is connecting Northeastern Ontario with read more…
-
FSC celebrates responsible forestry standard
One year ago, after six years of consultation, FSC Canada launched the new national standard for sustainable forestry, read more…
-
Canada’s housing market shrugs off COVID-19 effect, for now
OTTAWA, Reuters — Bidding wars and buoyant starts: Canada’s housing market is not buckling under the double-shock of read more…
-
U.S. unveils vision for more development in national forests
REUTERS — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday unveiled what he called a “blueprint” for enabling energy extraction, read more…
-
14 months of rising Amazon deforestation
NEWSMONGABAY>COM — Deforestation in Earth’s largest rainforest increased for the fourteenth consecutive month according to data released today read more…
-
Homebuilding will soon rebound from recession
ADA, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE) — The May 2020 LegalShield Law Index, a suite of leading indicators of the economic read more…
-
Hardwood Federation issues COVID-19 related policy proposals
WASHINGTON – Hardwood industry trade association The Hardwood Federation has issued several policy proposals to U.S. Senate leaders read more…
-
Labrador and N.L. investing $9.6 million into forest sector
CORNER BROOK, N.L., The Telegram — With the backdrop of a busy lumber yard behind him, Fisheries and read more…
-
New mass timber warehouse first of its kind in Canada
VICTORIA, BC, CTVNEWS.CA — Mass timber construction seems to be taking off on Vancouver Island. It’s being touted read more…
-
American Virtual Forestry Conference
America’s working forests and forest product industries are poised to play a critical role in fueling the recovery read more…
-
BC action supports forest sector
BC Government News — The B.C. government is taking additional action to help support people, communities and forest read more…
-
Globalstar has announced the ST100 Satellite Transmitter
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Globalstar Canada Satellite Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. has introduced the ST100, an read more…
-
AWC releases seven updated wood, environmental product declarations
EINPresswire.com — The American Wood Council (AWC) has released seven updated cradle-to-gate, industry-wide environmental product declarations (EPDs) for read more…
-
Higgs sees no problem with natural resources deputy doing top environment job too
CBC NEWS — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says the appointment of the same top civil servant to read more…
-
Last year for tent caterpillars
SAULT STE, MARIE, CTV NEWS — Since 2016, communities in northern Ontario have been overwhelmed by forest tent read more…
-
U.S.Forestry officials predict severe and complex wildfire season
OREGONLIVE.COM — State forestry officials told lawmakers that they are operationally prepared for what could be a severe read more…
-
Forest fire suppression measures can actually increase risks, scientist says
OTTAWA CITIZEN — A federal forest fire scientist has come to a paradoxical conclusion, finding that fire suppression read more…
-
2020 tree-planting season a success despite COVID-19
Toronto, ON — This World Environment Day (June 5th), Forests Ontario celebrates the first anniversary of receiving federal read more…
-
WRI Market Insights: The Global Forest Industry This Quarter
Global Timber Markets There were relatively few price changes for sawlogs throughout the world in the 1Q/20 despite read more…
-
Independent researchers say B.C. vastly overestimates the size of its old growth forest
CBCNEWS — A team of independent researchers claim in a new report that the province’s accounting of old-growth read more…
-
Houston and Bear Lake mills to re-open
INTERIORNEWS.COM — Canfor is re-opening its Houston mill June 8, ending a lengthy shutdown which began in March read more…
-
Dialog to design mass timber building for Centennial College
DEZEEN.COM — Architecture firm Dialog has revealed plans for a cross-laminated timber higher education building in Canada, which read more…
-
Wood panel prices indicate summer lumber demand
Given the current situation in many regions of the US, it is assured that demand for plywood and read more…