Photo: Dr.Oliver Konter, Mainz More than a thousand years ago, in the 940s, Europe was a very different place. The Byzantine Empire was at its peak and Vikings sailed the seas. In the midst of it all sat a little sapling, one that would grow into a tree that still thrives today. According to scientists, a Bosnian…
With a fall deadline approaching, Canada’s chief negotiator in the softwood-lumber talks with the United States says the two sides remain far apart on several key issues. Martin Moen told a parliamentary committee on Thursday that negotiations for a new softwood deal have continued at an intensive pace with engagement reaching the highest levels between…
As an October deadline approaches, Canada and the U.S. continue to grapple with a trade dispute that sometimes seems like its been going on forever. Despite being the world’s largest partners, an agreement on softwood lumber continues to elude both sides, raising serious questions about trade, sovereignty and the real nature of Canada-U.S. relations, The…
Ottawa is leaving the forestry sector vulnerable to another punitive trade dispute with its inability to secure a new softwood lumber agreement, says Kamloops MP Cathy McLeod. B.C.’s forestry sector is particularly at risk. More than 15,000 jobs were lost in the province in the last softwood lumber dispute with the U.S., which extracted $5.4…
LNG Canada’s decision to delay deciding to build its $40-billion liquefied natural gas export project hit Ellis Ross, the Haisla First Nation’s chief councillor, in the middle of a summer of more buoyant news for the B.C. economy. While the province’s urban centres were experiencing hiring in the tech sector and record tourism, Ross has been bracing for layoffs in his community,…
Wood is a strong and versatile building material, but it rots, gets eaten by bugs, and blocks light. Plain sheets of glass aren’t much better. They shatter easily and let a lot of energy leak into or out of a building. But engineers have recently figured out how to find the best of both worlds…
Resolute Forest Products Inc. reported a GAAP net loss for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, of $42 million, or $0.47 per share, compared to a GAAP net loss of $4 million, or $0.04 per share, in the same period in 2015. Sales were $891 million in the quarter, down $35 million, or 4%, from…
The Canadian Forest Service announced Wednesday it is releasing parasitic wasps in Ontario and Quebec this week in an effort to control the population of emerald ash borers. Krista Ryall, a research scientist for the Canadian Forest Service, told CBC News that 1,600 of the non-stinging wasps native to China are meant to combat the emerald ash borers…
Pictou, N.S., resident Terry Dunbrack is keenly aware of the Northern Pulp mill’s presence in his community. “That particulate matter that they’re spewing out gets into my lungs and the lungs of everybody else and eventually it causes harm,” Dunbrack told CBC’s Information Morning, adding that the Nova Scotia Lung Association and doctors in the area have attested…
This summer Canfor Corp. officially marked the opening of its two new pellet plants collocated at company sawmill sites in Chetwynd and Fort St. John near Vancouver, British Columbia, with a grand opening event at each facility, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony and plant tour attended by local delegates and others. Combined the plants have a…