Cascades Inc., has announced plans to close two sheet plants in Barrie (Jellco) and Peterborough, Ontario, as part of its ongoing efforts to reorganize and optimize its corrugated packaging platform in Ontario. “We are announcing today that production from the Barrie and Peterborough plants will gradually be redeployed to our other facilities in Ontario. This…
THE CANADIAN PRESS — The U.S. International Trade Commission is expected to vote on whether to uphold duties imposed on Canadian newsprint imports. The vote comes as U.S. newspapers have campaigned heavily to lift the duties that have pushed a core expense higher and forced layoffs at some papers. The U.S. Commerce Department imposed anti-dumping…
CBC NEWS — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says conversations with the U.S. remain “constructive,” even as White House officials threaten to impose punitive tariffs on Canadian-made cars if Canada doesn’t sign on to a new North American Free Trade Agreement by Friday. According to CBC News, Canada’s pressing concern is how Chapter 19 of…
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ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE WEATHER CHANNEL –German firefighters battling a large inferno in a forest southwest of Berlin faced an added challenge in recent days: buried, exploding World War II ammunition that was being set off by the wildfire. According to the Weather Channel, the fire sent thick smoke toward Berlin and forced several nearby villages…
Terra Nova National Park is hoping hundreds of metres of fencing will protect stunted trees from hungry moose. According to a report by the CBC, the park has constructed an eight-hectare moose exclosure and has planted thousands of balsam fir seedlings inside, in an attempt to regenerate a forest in an open meadow that’s been…
This year’s wildfire season is now the second-worst in B.C. history when it comes to the amount of land that’s burned. More than 945,000 hectares have been scorched by fires since April 1. According to a news report by the CBC, last year, the record was set when more than 1.2 million hectares of land…
Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland signed a collaboration agreement on the CERES flagship programme and took a concrete step towards a joint innovation ecosystem in the field of bioeconomy. The aim is to develop materials from renewable resources in order to safeguard a sustainable future. The Academy of Finland has granted…
The latest addition is the Nokian R-Truck product range for demanding on and off-road use – such as earthmoving and forestry applications. “On and off-road use puts special, even conflicting demands on a truck tire”, says Nokian Heavy Tires Product Manager Teppo Siltanen. “It’s like two different worlds – the smooth highway and the rocky…
The Government of Canada is investing $275,000 in Nova Wood Products Limited to renovate its facility and install new equipment to modernize its operations. Nova Wood Products Limited will enlarge its lacquer finishing area and purchase automated equipment to assist with the sanding and spray finishing of wood products. This will enable the company to…