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Ontario Releases Report from Special Advisor on Flooding
TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking action to strengthen the province’s resilience to flooding. “The safety of read more…
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Ontario Appoints Advisory Panel on Climate Change
New Panel Marks Further Progress on Commitments on One-Year Anniversary of the Draft Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan TORONTO — Ontario’s read more…
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Ontario Launches Canada’s First Job Site Challenge
New tool helps attract advanced manufacturing investments and create thousands of jobs WOODSTOCK — Ontario is launching a read more…
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CN strike is over, but supply chain will be off-track for weeks
GLOBAL NEWS — The strike at Canada’s largest rail network may be over, but it will take days read more…
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Lim Geomatics’ Forest Management Solution launching this December
We’re counting down to the launch of Stratus – our newest forest management solution designed to revolutionize your read more…
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Mapping the course conference
Outlook for Timberlands, Forest Products Markets and Wood Fiber Supply Issues in 2020 The 7th Annual Conference organized by read more…
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SFI announces new board members
Washington, DC and Ottawa, ON – The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) has announced the election of three read more…
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New John Deere 959ML Offers Steep Slope Felling and Log Handling Solution
A direct result of the continued growth of the steep slope logging market, the new John Deere 959ML read more…
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Canadians need reliable rail service
The CN Rail strike is only a week old, but its impacts are already being felt in communities read more…
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Canfor Curtailing BC Production Capacity in December
VANCOUVER, BC — Canfor Corporation has announced it will be curtailing operations at all British Columbia sawmills at read more…
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New shutdown to put thousands of B.C. loggers out of work
VICTORIA, CTV NEWS – Vancouver Island’s forestry sector is about to suffer another blow as forest management company read more…
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More layoffs may be coming for Tolko Industries: unconfirmed report
GLOBAL NEWS – It appears Tolko Industries will be laying off more people — two weeks after the read more…
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COFI renews lobby for ‘working forest’ to help revitalize forest sector
VANCOUVER SUN — The idea of designating an area of British Columbia’s forest land base as a so-called read more…
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Province investing in expansion of timber company
Ontario’s government is supporting the forestry sector in Sault Ste. Marie with an investment in Avery Timber Limited, read more…
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Heating fuel shortage looms as CN Rail strike hits third day
WINNIPEG/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada’s biggest read more…
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Ontario Investing in Indigenous Economic Development Across the Province
Ontario’s government is supporting Indigenous communities by investing in Indigenous entrepreneurs, businesses, communities, and organizations. Greg Rickford, Minister of read more…
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CN Rail strike and lack of trucking alternatives stoke forest industry fears
By Dan Healing, The Canadian Press CALGARY, THE CANADIAN PRESS — A chronic shortage of truck drivers across read more…
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Lowe’s to close 34 ‘underperforming’ stores
Lowe’s Companies Inc. said Wednesday it will close 34 “underperforming” stores across six provinces as part of a read more…
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Workplace Safety North announces changes to Board of Directors
NORTH BAY, ON – Workplace Safety North has announced David Kelly as its newest board member. Kelly is read more…
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Canfor Announces Filing of Management Information Circular
Vancouver, BC, Canada — Canfor Corporation has announced that it has filed its management information circular and related read more…
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FPAC issues media statement on CN strike
Ottawa, Ontario — Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) issued a statement today signaling the sector’s concern over read more…
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Home Depot cuts 2019 forecast
CNBC NEWS, CNW –Home Depot shares tumbled about 5% on Tuesday after the company said it would take read more…
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Ritchie Bros.’ Marketplace-E solution surpasses US$500M
VANCOUVER, CANADA NEWS WIRE – Ritchie Bros. has been a leader in the auction business for decades. Its read more…
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CN Rail strike putting Trudeau in hot seat
MONTREAL/WINNIPEG (Reuters) – Thousands of workers at Canada’s largest railway went on strike for the first time in read more…
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WCLBMA honours members, elects officers and directors
LBM JOURNAL — While West Coast Lumber and Building Material Association (WCLBMA) members gathered to elect new officers read more…