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Forest industry workers call on B.C. for policy change
CBC NEWS — Job losses are mounting as mills close across British Columbia and some of the thousands read more…
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Weston Forest Ranks No. 351 on the 2019 Growth 500
Mississauga, ON Canadian Business and Maclean’s ranked Weston Forest No. 351 on the annual Growth 500, the definitive read more…
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$22 Million Investment Puts 1,000 Contracted Workers on the Job at Irving Pulp & Paper
SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, GLOBE NEWSWIRE — Over 1,000 contractors from 45 companies from St. Stephen to Bathurst read more…
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Tolko closing Kelowna lumber mill for ‘indeterminate period’
Vancouver Sun — Persistently low lumber prices and high log costs make operations uneconomic, said a Tolko vice-president, read more…
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Premier Ford attends Canada’s largest outdoor farm show
WOODSTOCK — Premier Doug Ford and Ernie Hardeman, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, met with farmers read more…
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Husqvarna invests in autonomous technology company
Husqvarna Group has announced it will join Semcon and Øveraasen as owners of Yeti Snow Technology which develops read more…
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SOFTWOOD LUMBER PRICE MOVEMENTS REMAIN CRYPTIC: 3Q 2019
The first full back-to-work / school week for September 2019 did not bode well for North American construction read more…
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Hundreds of jobs on the line amid latest blow to B.C. forestry sector
Global TV News — Trouble in B.C.’s forestry sector continues, with yet another curtailment being announced that could read more…
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EACOM celebrates 70 years in Nairn Centre
Nairn Centre, -–The small Nairn Centre sawmill that founders Myron Austin and Benjamin F. Merwin established in 1949 read more…
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N.W.T.’s record wildfire season is tipping point for boreal forest
CBC NEWS — Canada’s boreal forests are producing more carbon than they capture during bad forest-fire years, and read more…
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Long Falls Paperboard studies biomass to replace natural gas
BRATTLEBORO, VT, — Long Falls Paperboard, the company that this year bought the former Neenah Paper Inc. plant read more…
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Plastic bag usage in Chile drops by 16,000 tonnes in one year
A year after Chile became the first nation in South America to ban plastic bags, the Minister of read more…
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DELAIR, GEOSYS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO BRING ENHANCED OFFERINGS TO PRECISION AGRICULTURE
TOULOUSE, France and MINNEAPOLIS, USA – Delair, a leading provider of visual data management solutions for enterprise, and read more…
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With Boat Harbour closure looming, union awaits notice on impact for employees
PICTOU, N.S., The Chronicle Herald — The union that represents Northern Pulp workers says it expects to receive read more…
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Sawmill Closure Reinforces Urgent Need for Changes to B.C. Forestry Policy: Steelworkers
MAPLE RIDGE, BC, CNW — The announcement of the closure of Hammond Cedar in Maple Ridge is the read more…
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NAFTA panel says the U.S. can’t show harm from Canadian softwood industry
OTTAWA, THE CANADIAN PRESS— A joint NAFTA panel has given the United States three months to rethink its read more…
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Global Energy Demand on Track to Peak Between 2020 and 2025
New World Energy Scenarios discuss three plausible pathways to 2040 focusing on the impact of “disruptive innovation” on read more…
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The Global Forest Industry in the 2Q/2019
Excerpts from the Wood Resource Quarterly (www.WoodPrices.com) Global Timber Markets The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) fell for read more…
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Province sets national example to increase market access
TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, is following through on Premier Doug read more…
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Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs comments on NAFTA panel decision
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, issued the following statement regarding the NAFTA Chapter 19 binational read more…
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Canada investing in waste biomass facility
The Canadian government has announced two investments totaling more than $4.70 million in Woodland Biofuels. The announcement was read more…
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Joint Statement Regarding NAFTA Chapter 19 Injury Panel Decision
TORONTO, ONTARIO — John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, read more…
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Provincial health and safety inspection blitz Oct. 1 to Dec. 27
NORTH BAY, ON – From Oct. 1 to Dec. 27, the Ontario Ministry of Labour is conducting a read more…
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BC Lumber Trade Council comments on NAFTA panel ruling on softwood lumber
VANCOUVER — Susan Yurkovich, president of the BC Lumber Trade Council made the following statement with respect to read more…
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Ontario investing in research to strengthen economy and create jobs
TORONTO — Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, visited York University to announce that read more…