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Canfor announces additional COVID-19 capacity reductions
Vancouver, BC — Canfor Corporation is undertaking additional temporary reductions in production capacity due to the impact of read more…
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Deere begins production of protective face shields
MOLINE, Illinois – John Deere, in collaboration with the UAW, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the read more…
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Exercise caution as bears come out of hibernation
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) remind you to exercise caution read more…
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Industry groups come together for Canada’s food banks
Ottawa — In an effort to bolster support for Canadian families in need, 18 national and regional industry read more…
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Island wildflower rapidly adapts to deer presence
BC — The overpopulation of deer on the Gulf and San Juan Islands of BC and Washington State read more…
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Uniboard running operations for essential needs
To support the essential needs of its customers in the fight against the Coronavirus, Uniboard’s Sayabec Particleboard and read more…
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COVID-19 will impact wood products well into 2021
Magnolia Reporter — With millions of Americans already out of work and continued job losses exceeding that of read more…
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Housing starts slowed in March
OTTAWA, The Canadian Press— Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts slowed by read more…
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Forest products imports to China drop
WRI — The value of imported forest products to China dropped by 750 million dollars y-o-y during January read more…
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European softwood lumber exporters redirect shipments from China to Egypt
Lesprom Network — Softwood lumber price in China decreased 13.50% to $161 per cubic meter in January-February 2020, read more…
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Brazil minister fires analyst who opposed unauthorized wood exports
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles has dismissed a government analyst who opposed relaxing environmental review read more…
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Nordic sawmillers reduce production in response to reduced UK demand
TTJ Online — Several key Nordic softwood sawmillers have implemented production cutbacks in response to reduced UK demand read more…
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Mercer announces downtime at Cariboo Mill
NEW YORK, NY, April 3, 2020 – Mercer International Inc. has reported that its joint venture Cariboo pulp read more…
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EACOM is considered essential and is hiring
“We are looking for production employees and maintenance employees,” says human resources vice-president Eric Larouche.In an interview with read more…
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West Fraser Cuts Production
My Caribou Now — West Fraser will be reducing production even further as the global appetite for forest read more…
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Pulp mill supplies materials for medical protective equipment in Canada, U.S.
The Globe & Mail — A pulp mill on Vancouver Island that supplies American producers with materials to read more…
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Kenora sawmill deadline extended
Kenora Onlne — A deadline for the Kenora Forest Products sawmill has been extended. A proposal from bankruptcy read more…
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Komatsu’s new 901XC 8WD harvester is a thinning powerhouse
Chattanooga, Tenn. — Komatsu’s new 901XC (eXtreme Conditions) 8WD harvester excels in challenging steep, rough or soft harvesting read more…
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Ontario reducing risk of fire in the Province
TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking action to protect people and communities from the risk of preventable read more…
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FPInnovations COVID-19 Message
FPInnovations will temporarily close its facilities, laboratories and offices across Canada as of March 24, 2020 We will read more…
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Canfor Corporation revises annual general meeting due to COVID-19
Vancouver, BC, Canada – Similar to other public companies around the globe, Canfor Corporation and Canfor Pulp Products read more…
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Demand wavers for North American softwood lumber
Madison’s Lumber Reporter — Sawmill operators across Canada and the US chopped softwood lumber prices last week by read more…
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Elliot Lake Fire Department declares fire ban
Elliot Lake Fire Chief John Thomas announced Monday that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and to maintain physical read more…
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DS Smith develops emergency provision boxes
LONDON, — Over the past week, DS Smith has worked closely with food retailers across Europe to design, read more…
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China state media reports 19 people killed in forest fire
BEIJING, The Associated Press — Nineteen people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern China read more…