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Ontario Open for Business Act Passed
Today, Todd Smith, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and the lead minister on reducing red tape and… read more…
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New SFI board members announced
Ottawa, ON and Washington D.C. — The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) has announced the election of four new members to… read more…
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HarvestTECHX Conference _ Registration now open
Coming to Vancouver in March 2019, this one-day conference is packed with people from across the globe bringing practical updates… read more…
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COFI’s Annual Convention returns to Vancouver
COFI returns April 3 – 5, 2019, at the beautiful new JW Marriott Parq Vancouver Hotel & Convention Centre. Register… read more…
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Ontario Wood WORKS! Awards Night
TORONTO — Foresters, architects, engineers, developers and other construction industry professionals from across Ontario gathered at the Universal Eventspace in… read more…
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Auburn University to offer forest finance and investment certificate
AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences has launched an online graduate certificate program developed… read more…
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Northern Ontario First Nation seek logging ban on Farabout Peninsula
CBC NEWS — A First Nation in northwestern Ontario and a local conservation group want a piece of land that… read more…
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Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries receives Stewardship Council Leadership Award
Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. has won a 2018 Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Leadership Award for its work managing more than… read more…
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Canfor to Acquire Majority Interest in VIDA Group of Sweden
Canfor has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase 70% of the VIDA Group of Sweden for… read more…
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Remsoft Expands Offerings With Launch of Remsoft Operations
Remsoft, has announced the launch of Remsoft Operations, a cloud-based operational management solution for forestry companies. Responding to growing client… read more…
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West Fraser Announces Production Reduction in British Columbia
VANCOUVER — CNW — West Fraser has announced it will permanently curtail approximately 300 million board feet of combined lumber… read more…
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Government of Canada supports Indigenous leadership in conservation
VICTORIA, BC, CNW — Indigenous communities have long been stewards of the environment, and the Government of Canada shares their… read more…
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Canada a dominant supplier of softwood lumber
Canada will continue to be a major supplier of softwood lumber to the US in the next decade, with the… read more…
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Saskatoon replacing sand, salt with wood chips in test run
The City of Saskatoon is testing out an environmentally friendly way to make roads less slick this winter. According to… read more…
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Canfor to Acquire Elliott Sawmilling Co., Inc.
VANCOUVER, CNW — Canfor Corporation has announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase Elliott Sawmilling Co., Inc. located… read more…
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Interfor Corp. shares down more than 9% on third-quarter results
Interfor Corp.’s share price was trading down more than 9 % Friday (Nov. 9, 2018) as the company missed earnings… read more…
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UNECE and Canada champion a more sustainable forest
This is the key message of the Vancouver Invitation on Forest Products for a Better Future, a bold and forward-looking… read more…
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$100,000 Endowment for Indigenous students pursuing graduate studies in Forestry
TimberWest and the Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia (UBC) announced a first-of-its-kind $100,000 endowment program for Indigenous students… read more…
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FSC Canada Welcomes Lorraine Rekmans and Nature Quebec to the Board of Directors
The FSC Canada Board is made up of eight elected representatives (two per chamber). Four are elected by each membership… read more…
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Boise Cascade Company Reports 2018 Third Quarter Net Income of $13.8 Million
BOISE, Idaho — Boise Cascade Company has reported net income of $13.8 million, or $0.35 per share, on sales of… read more…
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Rayonier Advanced Materials Reports Third Quarter 2018 Results
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–BUSINESS WIRE–Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.has reported third-quarter 2018 net income of $38 million, or $0.60 per diluted common share,… read more…
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International Wood Educators Conference
Presentations by educators from leading Canadian and European wood architecture and engineering programs. Call for Peer-Reviewed papers & Posters Social… read more…
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Mass Timber Institute officially launched
Correction: This event was lead by Perkins+Will, along with the Mass Timber Institute, Entuitive, Ontario Wood Works and EllisDon. It… read more…
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TimberMatic Maps and TimberManager
Available for John Deere wheeled-cut-to-length equipment, the revolutionary TimberMatic Maps and TimberManager software is another way John Deere is continuing… read more…
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Improving farm, forestry safety
Tractors and self-propelled ride-on machines used in agriculture and forestry have evolved over the years and now feature many electronic… read more…