FPINNOVATIONS — Each year, many forested areas in Canada are being severely impacted or threatened by forest fires. Communities located near those areas must often be evacuated and suffer enormous material losses. One of the priorities of fire agencies is to protect those communities located in forest areas. This includes proactively reducing the risk of…
REGINA, SK, CNW – The Brandt Group of Companies has announced plans to make a major investment in staffing and will hire more than 1,000 new employees by the end of 2021. The new positions will span the Regina-based company’s 100+ location international network, focusing on roles in Canada and the USA. “There’s no question that our people are the…
VICTORIA NEWS — Five more protesters were arrested by the RCMP at the Fairy Creek blockade on Wednesday, May 19, bringing the total to 12 arrests over two days since enforcement of an injunction order began. ABOVE: People gathered outside the Victoria courthouse April 1 to protest the logging of old-growth forests. At the same…
CBC NEWS — The emerald ash borer is proving to be a greater threat to ash trees in the Halifax area than expected. Crispin Wood, the superintendent of urban forestry for the municipality, says it was originally believed the ash borer was only present in the DeWolf Park and Waterfront Drive areas of Bedford. But careful…
NORTH BAY — The Ontario government is investing more than $2.1 million in five businesses and one film project in the Nipissing region to help create 19 new jobs and promote economic development in Northeastern Ontario. “As we continue to navigate COVID-19 and the effects on the…
NATIONAL POST — It’s been dubbed the new “War in the Woods”: A growing Vancouver Island protest encampment aimed at disrupting planned logging in Fairy Creek, an expanse of old-growth rainforest located just north of the British Columbia capital of Victoria. But this month yielded an unexpected twist in the Fairy Creek saga: Local First…
VICTORIA, VANCOUVER SUN — — The B.C. government should prepare the public for the coming “big shock” when “fairly large chunks” of provincial Crown land are recognized as actually owned and controlled by Indigenous Nations. So says Jack Woodward, the lawyer who won the case that resulted in the first declaration of Aboriginal title in…
MADISON’S REPORT — Unrelenting and extremely motivated demand is the reason behind this incredibly sharp rise. New-home purchases account for about 10% of the market and are calculated when contracts are signed. They are considered a timely barometer of the current real estate market. Softwood lumber prices continued to skyrocket, to US$1,210 mfbm on benchmark…
Timmins, Ontario –Steve Hounsell is stepping down as President and Chair of Forests Ontario, though will remain on the Board of the not-for-profit organization. Concurrently, Malcolm Cockwell of Haliburton, Ontario has been selected by the Board of Directors as the new President, effective immediately. Current Board member Christine Leduc from Timmins, Ontario will become Vice…
EDMONTON, Alberta, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Using drones to help reforest remote boreal environments. Reducing methane emissions from cattle by up to 90 percent through feed additives. Leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize energy usage at a pulp mill. These are three of 17 technology innovations that will receive funding from the Government of Alberta through Emissions…