The next seven months could be very nervous times in Canada’s forestry sector, particularly softwood lumber. That’s because the Softwood Lumber Agreement that Canada signed with the U.S. in 2006 expired last October 12. Canada had hoped to simply renew the agreement at that time, but the U.S. refused. Instead, we have a one-year grace…
The Northern Development Initiative Trust is giving research and development of the forest sector a boost. “The Forest Innovation Fund will provide support to the small and medium-sized businesses that call our communities home, employ our family members and friends and are directly impacted by the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic,” said Evan Saugstad, Board Chair…
High Park will be on fire this spring.But, don’t fret. It’s for a perfectly healthy reason.The city’s urban forestry department is preparing for a controlled burn aimed at helping a rare breed of black oak trees grow better.High Park is home to hundreds of oak trees that get along just fine on their own. But,…
Edgewood Forest Products unveiled the new production line in its Carrot River sawmill on Thursday, March 4. The new line is expected to increase productivity, save money and add more jobs in and around the community. “Once we get the mill up to full operational capacity, in the mill it should add about 25 jobs,”…
In November 2015, countries from around the world came together with the united goal of solidifying global efforts to reduce the threat of climate change. For the first time, countries made strong commitments to identifying areas in which they would strive for improvement and agreed to specific targets they hoped to achieve. In many countries,…
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s enjoyed a state dinner at the White House this week, these two great neighbours continue to have one of the largest and longest-running trade disputes in the world, a battle over softwood lumber that has seen Canadians and Americans at odds for 30 years. Trudeau and his trade minister, Chrystia…
Lumber companies in northeastern Ontario are fearing a new trade war with the U.S. just as their industry is rebounding. After the dark days in the middle of the last decade when many mills were shuttered across the region, the strengthening American housing market has seen the bottom lines improve and new jobs created. But…
Amid the glitz of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s state dinner at the White House this week, perhaps it’s unfashionable to remember these two great neighbours also have one of the largest and longest-running trade disputes in the world. A tiff over two-by-fours is less sexy than wondering whose spouse is wearing what. But the billion-dollar…
The Cochrane Power biomass plant could potentially have a chance to get its operation up-and-running again. At its annual meeting on Friday, The Northeastern Ontario Municipal Association (NEOMA) unanimously supported lobbying the provincial government to reconsider the plant for its Large Renewable Procurement 1 (LRP 1). Ted Griffin, with the lobby group Campbell Strategies, presented…
Federal legislation promoting wood-burning power plants as a “carbon neutral” way to make energy is drawing criticism from some scientists. The provision is part of a much larger bipartisan energy bill now pending in the U.S. Senate, which could approve the bill as early as next week. In a letter sent to Senate leaders on…