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WorkSafeBC develops checklist for traction-assist equipment
Traction-assist equipment has been gaining traction in B.C.’s forestry industry in recent years. In recognition of the health and safety… read more…
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Lumber prices and profits expected to fall: Conference Board
OTTAWA – Canada’s lumber industry has been able to survive the impacts of preliminary duties, largely thanks to soaring lumber… read more…
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Sawmill execs say substance abuse is top safety risk
Like a wisp of smoke, a waft of alcohol, or a tiny pill, it’s difficult to measure the exact size… read more…
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FSC working on ecosystem services procedure and guidance
These are the last few days for consultation on the Forest Stewardship Council’s ecosystem services procedure and guidance. The two… read more…
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Wood is the future of architecture
An article in The Globe and Mail says recent innovations have sent a throng of firms back to the forest… read more…
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Record-level lumber prices expected in 2018: Wood Markets report
In Wood Markets’ new five-year softwood lumber forecast, the continuation of U.S. duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S.… read more…
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Forest inventory tools subject of Vancouver conference
VANCOUVER – Globally, inventory mapping for foresters has benefited considerably from developments in drone and lidar technologies. Several international experts… read more…
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Forest industry answers caribou policies critics
A commentary by Kate Lindsay of the Forest Products Association of Canada appeared in The Chronicle-Journal recently, responding to a… read more…
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TimberWest formalizes collaboration with local First Nation
The Pacheedaht First Nation and TimberWest Forest Corp. signed a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize a long-term collaborative commitment in… read more…
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Decision favors forestry companies in N.B. marketing board dispute
CBC News reports that the New Brunswick Forest Products Commission agreed with J.D. Irving and other companies that the SNB… read more…
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Airlift planned to move Lake Superior caribou
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is taking steps to save a caribou herd on an island in Lake… read more…
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Skeena Sawmills achieves SFI certification
VANCOUVER – Skeena Sawmills’ mill and forest operations near Terrace, B.C., have earned certification to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)… read more…
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Seed plant closure: facility losing money, MNRF says
ANGUS, Ont. — The Ontario government seed plant in Angus, Ont., is slated to be closed next year. The National… read more…
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B.C. lumber producers say softwood ruling “completely without merit”
VANCOUVER – Responding to the recent decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission [ITC] on softwood lumber, Susan Yurkovich, president… read more…
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Emerald ash borer detected in new area: Winnipeg
OTTAWA – The emerald ash borer is moving west. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of… read more…
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Ruling by U.S. trade panel means softwood duties will be imposed
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that the U.S. lumber industry is materially injured by imports of Canadian softwood… read more…
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Norwegian investor chooses timber for 18-storey building
Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey wooden building in Norway, will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than… read more…
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Changes needed to B.C.’s forest practices legislation
VICTORIA – In a new report released Dec. 5, the British Columbia’s Forest Practices Board is recommending that government make… read more…
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Book about N.S. pulp mill raises ire
Controversy once again dogs the Northern Pulp mill in New Glasgow, N.S., after a signing event for a book about… read more…
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Opinion: How B.C. hydroelectric dam could hurt forest towns
The mayor of a forest-dependent community in B.C. raises questions about how rising hydro rates and a glut of hydroelectric… read more…
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NB takes steps to protect, promote forestry sector
FREDERICTON, NB – The New Brunswick government announced measures today to combat what it considers to be unfair trade actions… read more…
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Two B.C. forestry associations to merge
The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) and the Coast Forest Products Association (CFPA) will become one association next year… read more…
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B.C.’s Atlas Engineered Products expanding to Ontario
NANAIMO, B.C. – A British-Columbia producer of trusses and engineered wood products is expanding its footprint to Ontario with the… read more…
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TimberWest tests proximity sensors on loaders for safety
TimberWest has a number of very large mobile machines working at its sort yards and logistics facilities. They unload trucks,… read more…
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Wood products industry supports Ontario growth plan
OTTAWA – The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) applauds the Ministry of Infrastructure’s announcement regarding a long-term infrastructure plan that includes… read more…