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Harmac Pacific mill gains $800,000 toward $1.7 million boiler investment from new BC carbon tax fund
VANCOUVER, BC, Business In Vancouver –Harmac Pacific in Nanaimo will receive more than $800,000 in provincial funding for read more…
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Paper to capture a quarter of India market held by single-use plastics by 2025
NEW DELHI, The New Indian Express –With single-use plastics on their way out, a total ban on the read more…
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Northern communities ask for a solution to the Endangered Species Act
An Alliance of First Nations and Non-First Nations Leaders Encouraged by Ontario’s Draft Provincial Forest Sector Strategy but read more…
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Canfor and Great Pacific terminate agreement
Vancouver, BC, Canada — Canfor Corporation has agreed with Great Pacific Capital Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great read more…
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New Ontario safety training for people accessing forest roads
NORTH BAY, ON – Concerned with the safety of community members and workers accessing Ontario forests, a new read more…
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Premier promises end to forestry strike on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA, NEWS 1130 – The province’s ongoing forestry strike has got to end. Those strong words have come read more…
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Nova Scotia awaits decision pulp mill pipeline proposal
HALIFAX, CP, CANADA POST — For pipefitter Ben Chisholm, an imminent decision on the future of a Nova read more…
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Forestry Layoffs in Alberta
EDMONTON JOURNAL — Fifty provincial government agriculture and forestry workers have been terminated with severance pay or given read more…
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ISS and Egan-Jones recommend Canfor shareholders vote for the proposed arrangement with Great Pacific
Vancouver, BC, Canada — Canfor Corporation has announced the results of reports issued by independent proxy advisory firms, read more…
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Ontario leads Canada in greenhouse gas reductions
MADRID — Following successful meetings with other Canadian Ministers and international leaders at the 25th Conference of the read more…
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Auburn’s Daowei Zhang recognized with scientific achievement award
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Professor Daowei Zhang is one of 10 read more…
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Lieutenant Governor Celebrates Bright Environmental Students at Tree Lighting Ceremony
Toronto, ON – Tidings of comfort and joy-filled the Vice-Regal Suite at Queen’s Park on December 6th for read more…
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Cornerbrook Mill’s job losses will have ‘ripple effect’: BoT president
CBC NEWS — The negative effects of job losses and a two-week shutdown of operations at the town’s read more…
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Structurlam Selects Conway, Arkansas, for Its First U.S. Plant
Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation, the leading mass timber manufacturer in North America, has announced it will expand its read more…
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Northern Pulp issues statement in support of proposed wastewater treatment facility
Northern Pulp and its parent Paper Excellence are committed to creating well-paying jobs for Nova Scotians, supporting the read more…
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Global Forest Industry in the 3Q/2019
Excerpts from the Wood Resource Quarterly (www.WoodPrices.com) Global Timber Markets A plentiful supply of logs coupled with declining demand read more…
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Ontario leads the nation in employment gains
TORONTO — Statistics Canada has announced that employment in Ontario increased by 15,400 in November. Since June 2018, read more…
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FPInnovations supports Ontario’s action plan to invigorate its forest sector
Montreal, Quebec – December 6, 2019 – FPInnovations applauds the Ontario government’s support of the forest sector, and read more…
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Madison’s Reporter: lumber companies face dire circumstances in 2019
MADISON’S REPORTER — Lumber companies have been facing dire circumstances in 2019, said Madison’s Reporter in its commentary read more…
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Domtar to transfer $461 million in pension liabilities
PENSION & INVESTMENTS — Domtar has agreed to purchase group annuity buyout contracts from Sun Life Financial to read more…
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CIF-IFC announces Mark Pearson as executive director
The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada (CIF-IFC) has announced the appointment of Mark Pearson as executive read more…
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2020 SFI Community Grants RFP Now Open
Are you seeking a partner for an innovative project that engages communities that rely on, or care for, read more…
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Misleading report ignores role forests play in helping to fight climate change
Ottawa, Ontario — Derek Nighbor, president, and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) issued the read more…
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Province seeking input on draft forest sector strategy
MISSISSAUGA — The Ontario government is supporting the forest industry and the northern and rural communities that depend read more…