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City of Quesnel celebrates opening of Forestry Innovation Centre
Quesnel Cariboo Observer — Showcasing all that can be done with the wood products being produced in this read more…
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What’s Driving Delivered Softwood and Hardwood Prices Higher in the US Northeast?
Forest2Market — Several factors have combined in the US Northeast over the last decade to negatively impact the read more…
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Choices made now are critical for the future of our ocean and cryosphere
MONACO, Sept 25 – The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of read more…
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Property taxes on large mills under review
CBC NEWS — New Brunswick municipal politicians are hoping a property assessment review underway of the province’s six read more…
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Growing opportunities in Canada’s Forests
By Eric Miller If you surveyed 1000 Canadians, as pollsters often do, and asked them to provide an example read more…
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Statement from the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry on National Forest Week
THUNDER BAY — Today, John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, issued the following statement to mark read more…
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Northern College and EACOM partner to cultivate talent
TIMMINS — Among students, trade shop equipment, faculty members, industry representatives, and local partners, Northern College and EACOM read more…
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Forestry workers waiting for details on $69M BC Government funding
KAMLOOPS, CFJC Today –Forestry workers are cautiously optimistic after the provincial government announced $69 million in funding to read more…
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Tolko announces shift reduction at Soda Creek
Williams Lake Tribune — Tolko will be going to a four-day workweek at its Soda Creek operation in read more…
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FSC call for standard development group members
Applications Due: September 27th, 2019 In 2019, FSC Canada launched its new Forest Management Standard which read more…
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First Nation says restarting Fort Frances mill could damage other operators
FORT FRANCES, Ont., Thunder Bay Newswatch — A crack has developed in the efforts of the Town of read more…
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About 100 layoffs underway at Kenora, Ont., sawmill, Unifor says
CBC NEWS — A spokesperson for the union representing workers at the sawmill in Kenora, Ont., says he read more…
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COFI president happy to see the industry get helping hand
Susan Yurkovich, the president and CEO of the BC Council of Forest Industries is pleased with the government’s read more…
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B.C. Government outlines new forest worker support programs
The B.C. government has announced $69 million to fund a new series of measures aimed at supporting British read more…
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Fort Frances mill needs ‘hundreds of millions’ in repairs
FORT FRANCES, Ont., TBNewswatch — Resolute Forest Products said it spent almost $35 million to maintain its Fort read more…
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Kenora sawmill suspends production indefinitely
KENORA, Ont., TBNewswatch — Kenora Forest Products is blaming a weak lumber market and American lumber duties for read more…
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COFI Releases Plan to Secure a Strong, Competitive Forestry Future
Vancouver, B.C. – The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) has released a plan – “Smart Future: A read more…
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Forestry for the future campaign Launched — FPAC
Ottawa, Ontario: The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has launched its Forestry for the Future campaign as read more…
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CO2 Solutions files for bankruptcy protection
QUEBEC CITY, CNW — CO2 Solutions Inc. has announced that it has filed a notice of intention to read more…
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B.C. set a new record for lightning strikes as quiet fire season winds down
VANCOUVER, THE TIMES-COLONIST — B.C. set a record for lightning strikes but enjoyed the quietest fire season in read more…
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Weyerhaeuser to sell Michigan timberlands
SEATTLE, Cision Newswire — Weyerhaeuser Company has announced an agreement to sell its 555,000 acres of Michigan timberlands read more…
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Northern Pulp suppliers, Indigenous leadership talk closure
THE CHRONICLE HERALD — Down a long Colchester County dirt road, there’s a fifth-generation family home with a read more…
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Curtailment at Kenora Forest Products Temporary – Bob Nault MP
KENORA – Bob Nault, Liberal Candidate for the Kenora riding, released the following statement regarding the temporary curtailment read more…
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Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for downturn in B.C. forestry
The Canadian Press — High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia’s read more…
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Canfor applies for Federal workshare program
The Vanderhoof Omineca Express — Canfor officials spent last week finishing up the necessary paperwork to have the read more…