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MNR employee dies after workplace accident in Sudbury
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) advises of a fatality related to a workplace accident that occurred Friday May 9, 2008.
Thursday May 15 Full Story

Treetops adventure opens forest canopy to adventure seekers
Algoma District’s newest tourism venture is for swingers.
Thursday May 15 Full Story

Restoule locals oppose road to hardwoods
Twenty five years ago the forests west of Restoule, southwest of Lake Nipissing, were harvested. The wood was hauled south along the appropriately named Odorizzi road to the Odorizzi mill.
Thursday May 15 Full Story

SALES SLUMP WILL HURT Q3 PROFIT, DEERE SAYS
Deere & Co. said profit this quarter will fall short of analysts’ estimates as U.S. construction slows and material prices jump.
Thursday May 15 Full Story

U.S. bill would make B.C. lumber pricier
The U.S. Congress passed a bill Wednesday that could wrap lumber imports from Canada in red tape
Thursday May 15 Full Story

WFP to sell off 26,000 hectares
Western Forest Products says it is putting more of its properties up for sale
Thursday May 15 Full Story

Ainsworth Lumber says its fate is up to creditors, suppliers
Interior panelboard manufacturer Ainsworth Lumber reported Wednesday a loss of $88.2 million, or $6.02 a share, on sales of $88.5 million and warned investors that its ability to stay in business is now up to its creditors and suppliers.
Thursday May 15 Full Story

Rona profit hammered as challenges build
Profit at plunged by almost 90% in the first quarter as wary consumers trimmed home-renovation spending and endured the toughest winter to hit Eastern Canada in decades.
Thursday May 15 Full Story

Mayors unite in response to Endangered Species Act
Midnight hour scrapping of promised changes to Ontario’s Endangered Species Act has left mayors of Northwestern Ontario shaking their heads.
Wednesday May 14 Full Story

Native band sues for $550-billion
The Whitefish Lake First Nation is suing Ottawa and Ontario for $550-billion, claiming the dozens of mines that are humming once again in Sudbury are on native land.
Wednesday May 14 Full Story

New legislation is ‘biggest single threat to forestry’
The Ontario forest industry is calling the Endangered Species Act (ESA) the single biggest threat to forestry in Ontario.
Wednesday May 14 Full Story

Domtar makes a profit in first quarter
Domtar Corporation released its first quarter report showing a bit of profit.
Wednesday May 14 Full Story

Kamloops mill latest victim of forestry crisis
Highlighting the ongoing crisis in British Columbia's forest industry, labour and political leaders were scheduled to join a rally in Kamloops to mark the closure of the Weyerhaeuser sawmill.
Tuesday May 13 Full Story

Species at risk bill endangers forest industry union says
A new bill aimed at protecting species-at-risk in the province may endanger Ontario's forestry industry according to local union leaders.
Tuesday May 13 Full Story

Forestry has a bright, green future
The future of Canada’s most distressed sector provides the most compelling story of how privileged Canada will be in tomorrow’s world economy.
Tuesday May 13 Full Story

Relief cash arrives today in embattled B.C. lumber town
A troupe of bureaucrats will arrive in the town of Mackenzie today to help residents figure out how to spend a sack of cash.
Tuesday May 13 Full Story

Import prices on the rise
The cost squeeze is on U.S. manufacturers and consumers and that will be evident today with the release of the import prices, which are soaring.
Tuesday May 13 Full Story

Federal Equipment combines with Coneco Equipment
SMS Equipment Inc. new company name in three way re-alignment with Transwest Mining Systems, Alberta.
Tuesday May 13 Full Story

Cascades Inc. reports a net loss of $4 million
Cascades Inc. reported a net loss of $4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Monday May 12 Full Story

AbitibiBowater to sell Korean paper mill
Abitibi-Bowater plans to shed an additional $250-million (U.S.) of assets as it deals with slumping demand for paper and a heavy debt load.
Monday May 12 Full Story

Insufficient Fibre Shuts Down Quebec Sawmill
It has been a difficult week for Tembec and it's employees. The company has announced a new shutdown this time a temporary closure of its Senneterre sawmill located in Quebec.
Monday May 12 Full Story

B.C. looks past the trees to the forest
As sawmills close, new opportunities may open up. Recreation the future of B.C.s mill towns.
Monday May 12 Full Story

FELLING TIMBER
There have been 46 mill closures in B. C. since January, 2007. This week, the axe fell at Nanaimo's Harmac plant
Monday May 12 Full Story

Bad year for B.C. sawmills only going to get worse: consultant
The B.C. sawmilling industry is heading for a record bad year and was warned Thursday to expect “more blood on the floor.”
Monday May 12 Full Story

Cochrane, Ontario sawmill reopens
The Tembec sawmill in Cochrane reopened on Monday April 21.
Monday May 12 Full Story

Statscan report May 12 2008
Surveying and mapping services 2006
Monday May 12 Full Story

Sector losses expected to worsen
Canada’s already severely battered and bruised forestry companies are set to top last year’s staggering losses in 2008.
Friday May 09 Full Story

ABITIBIBOWATER TAKES FIRST-QUARTER LOSS
AbitibiBowater Inc. reported a first-quarter loss of US$248-million as wood-fibre and energy costs increased.
Friday May 09 Full Story

UPM cuts more jobs in New Brunswick
UPM says it is being forced to cut around 50 contractor jobs related to its Crown land licenses because of government cuts to the Crown land silviculture program.
Friday May 09 Full Story

Reclaimed timber
River salvaged wood creates specialty woodworking opportunities.
Friday May 09 Full Story

Forestry will recover from U.S. beating, analysts say
The U.S. marketplace is pummeling Canadian forest companies today but the global market will save it.
Friday May 09 Full Story

No end in sight for B.C. forestry woes
The B.C. forest industry is bleeding thousands of jobs, but it’s not bleeding them quickly enough, a forestry expert said yesterday.
Friday May 09 Full Story

Domtar Timmins sawmill to reduce to one shift
Domtar says their Timmins sawmill will go from two shifts to one,starting May 19. This reduction is due to deterioration in demand for lumber products.
Friday May 09 Full Story

Domtar sees clouds on horizon
Domtar Corp.says surging energy and raw-material costs and a weakening U.S. economy cloud the outlook for the rest of 2008.
Thursday May 08 Full Story

Forestry demand to soar, industry group says
The head of the Forest Products Association of Canada says that while the industry is “in a hole” right now, he sees demand soaring due to forecast population and GDP increases.
Thursday May 08 Full Story

STELLA-JONES SEES NEW GROWTH PHASE
Stella-Jones Inc. said yesterday the continent-wide shift toward alternative energy sources will open up a new phase of growth.
Thursday May 08 Full Story

James S. Miller Memorial Scholarship announced
The James S. Miller Memorial Scholarship has been developed by a group of Jim’s friends and colleagues in partnership with the Ontario Forestry Association.
Thursday May 08 Full Story

Statscan report May 6, 2008
Issue of Building Permits Down.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Canfor keeps eye out for more closures
The chief executive of Canfor Corp. says the industry is looking for more permanent mill closures to cut production and lift limp lumber prices.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Domtar first-quarter profit dips
Domtar Corp.posted a first-quarter profit of $36 million, down from a year earlier $49 million, as higher-than-expected inflation on raw materials took a bite out of earnings.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Union meet with B.C. premier over forestry crisis
The United Steelworkers met with Premier Gordon Campbell to address what the union sees as a crisis in the forest industry.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Stella-Jones Reports First Quarter Results
Stella-Jones Inc. announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

NORBORD RATING UNDER NEGATIVE REVIEW
Credit rating agency Dominion Bond Rating Service (DBRS) has placed beleaguered Toronto-based Norbord Inc. (NBD/TSX) under review “with negative implications,” the agency said in a statement early May.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Finning shares fall 4.8% despite 1% increase in profit
Shares of Finning International Inc. fell 4.8% after the company said first-quarter profit rose by 1%.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Bid Comes In Too Late For Elk Falls
News of a potential buyer for the Elk Falls sawmill on Vancouver Island has surfaced. Whether or not a transaction will materialize before the mill's scheduled closure next week remains doubtful, however.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Failed deal puts 500 jobs in peril at Harmac mill - BC
More than 500 jobs are in jeopardy as the Harmac pulp mill near Nanaimo began winding down operations yesterday after insolvent forest company Pope & Talbot failed to close a $225-million purchase agreement with Asian paper giant Pindo Deli.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Acquittal for BC truck driver
A logging truck driver whose cargo catapulted into oncoming traffic, killing a mother and daughter, was found not guilty Friday of dangerous driving.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

BC man drives 25 km after surviving grizzly-bear mauling
An Ocean Falls man "thought he was going to die" after being mauled by a grizzly bear just east of Bella Coola.
Wednesday May 07 Full Story

Domtar and Quebec bury forestry hatchet
Domtar Corp. and Claude Béchard, minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, have agreed in principle to a plan that would allow the company to consolidate its forestry activities in northwestern Quebec, funnelling wood supplies to its most efficient mills.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Norbord settles US antitrust lawsuits
Norbord Inc. announced that it has reached a settlement agreement in the OSB Antitrust Litigation to limit the risks and costs associated with a prolonged trial.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

B.C. still has to shut 30 beehive burners
When the Tolko sawmill's beehive burner shuts down in August, it will be one more small step on the way to getting rid of the wood-waste incinerators that successive B.C. governments promised would be gone years ago.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Weak lumber market hammers Tembec results
Tembec Inc., the Canadian forest products company, reported a bigger loss for the first three months of the year yesterday, a period in which it restructured its balance sheet.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Cost-cutting hurts forest industry, says Canfor boss
Canfor president Jim Shepard said yesterday that the B.C. forest industry has been too slow in responding to the fallout from the collapse of the U.S. housing market.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Log Value Chopped
North American lumber producer Canfor Corp. posted a wider firstquarter loss yesterday, citing a big devaluation in its log inventory and a foreign exchange loss.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Weyerhaeuser must pay $28 million
Weyerhaeuser Co. must pay $28 million US in a lawsuit accusing the company of monopolizing the market for finished alder lumber, an Oregon jury ruled.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

NEW Working Forest website easy check on financials
New, and starting today, you can click an easy link to financial information. They are the three new locations at the top of the page.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Norbord soars on short squeeze, takeover talk
Rumours of bottom-fishing by one of the major lumber companies lit a fire under Norbord stock, and helped trigger one heck of a short squeeze.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Renfrew woodlotters urged to sell poor quality wood
The forestry sector is in crisis in Renfrew County, but woodlot owners were encouraged there are still areas of opportunity if they seize the opening.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Quiet so far on NW Ontario forest fire front
Four weeks into forest fire season the MNR says things are fairly calm but it is not unusual to start off this way.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Treeplanters to Celebrate Six Billionth Tree Milestone
Thursday 5 June treeplanters across B.C. will celebrate their planting of the province's six billionth tree.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Norbord settles U.S. antitrust case for US$30M
With its earnings shrinking due to a weak U.S. housing market, Norbord Inc. has settled American litigation over allegations of price fixing, agreeing to pay US$30 million to purchasers of oriented strand board.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Time to update forestry policies
It has been a confusing spring for tree huggers and others worried about the environment.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Alberta earmarks millions to combat pine beetle
Alberta plans to spend slightly more than $55-million this year to fight the spread of the mountain pine beetle.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Harper Power Products expands to Niagara Falls
President of Harper Power Products Inc. announced the opening of a new Harper Regional Service Centre in Niagara Falls.
Friday May 02 Full Story

PRT Announces Results for First Quarter
PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. The Fund's interim financial statements are enclosed as part of this release.
Friday May 02 Full Story

Ainsworth Comments on Recent Stock Activity
Brian Ainsworth, CEO of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. responds to a request from the TSX relating to the recent increase in trading activity and share price.
Friday May 02 Full Story

Western Forest Products Reduces Production
Western Forest Products Inc. has become aware of inaccurate reports in the media concerning the scope of curtailments of certain Western logging operations.
Friday May 02 Full Story

Russian lumber tax opens markets for BC logs
A Russian log export tax is helping blunt the impact of the U.S. lumber market collapse for coastal forest company TimberWest Forest.
Friday May 02 Full Story

Weyerhaeuser must pay $28 million
Weyerhaeuser Co. must pay $28 million US in a lawsuit accusing the company of monopolizing the market for finished alder lumber, an Oregon jury ruled.
Friday May 02 Full Story

Northern Ontario and Forest rep for WSIB Board
A new appointment to the WSIB Board of Directors, for representation for Northern Ontario and the forestry industry is expected in early May.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

Lack of wood chips forces 235 new layoffs at Catalyst Paper
Catalyst Paper said in late April that it can no longer get enough wood chips to keep all its coastal pulp and paper mills running, singling out fibre shortages as a key factor in 235 new layoffs at its two largest mills.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

International Paper profit sinks on costs, fewer asset sales
International Paper says its first-quarter earnings sank as the company paid more for raw materials and didn't benefit from asset sales as it did in the year-ago period.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

Climate policy frenzy leads nowhere
Torys, the eminent Toronto law firm, distributed a bulletin the other day that described the cross-border frenzy to develop carbon emissions policies across North America.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

TimberWest Announces 2008 First Quarter Results
TimberWest continues to manage its way through a difficult log and lumber market, with a focus of creating long term value for unitholders.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

Domtar Adds 90 Jobs in SC
Domtar is adding 90 jobs to its Fort Mill operations centre in South Carolina. According to a recent report by the Rock Hill Herald, a $1 million expansion will see the creation of new executive level positions, as well as new employment in the IT and customer service divisions.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

Salmon Arm manufacturer gets creditor protection
The lumber market collapse claimed another company Wednesday when a major manufacturer of high-tech sawmilling equipment for the Interior forest industry went under court-ordered creditor protection.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

Editorial - Be a Proud Paper User
Have you received one of those annoying little guilt trip messages on your email? They are in little tag lines under the signature of the sender. It is a new and insidious method of changing your consciousness. Now it is to stop using paper.
Thursday May 01 Full Story

International Paper profit sinks
International Paper says its first-quarter earnings sank as the company paid more for raw materials and didn't benefit from asset sales as it did in the year-ago period.
Wednesday Apr 30 Full Story

5M plants trees in southwestern Ontario
The Essex Region Conservation Authority has planted nearly five million trees in Essex County, but but it won’t be enough to reach ERCA’s goal of seeing 12 per cent of the county covered in wetlands or forest by 2014.
Wednesday Apr 30 Full Story

Forest link essential; mayor of White River Ontario
White River must maintain its connection to the Crown-owned forest that‘s fed the local lumber mill with logs, whoever ends up owning the idled plant, says the town‘s mayor.
Wednesday Apr 30 Full Story

Prince George mill closing for five weeks
Carrier Lumber said Monday it will be shutting down its sawmill for a minimum of five weeks and reducing its planer to one shift, a reaction to continuing poor lumber markets.
Wednesday Apr 30 Full Story

B.C.'s Southern Railway has big shipping ideas
There’s a similarity between Southern Railway of British Columbia, which hauls freight throughout the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, and the well known children’s book The Little Engine That Could.
Tuesday Apr 29 Full Story

Alberta's hard-hit forestry industry seeks help
The Government of Alberta is reviewing recommendations to help that province's slumping forestry industry, which shed 3,000 jobs last year.
Tuesday Apr 29 Full Story

Statscan report April 28, 2008
Sawmills February 2008
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Thunder Bay Paper Mill reopens
Thunder Bay Fine Paper’s machine #8 starts up at the end of April where it will produce coated paper for the North American paper market.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Adding value around the world: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
When it comes to promoting its forest products and industries overseas, the Canadian government could really learn a lot from the United States,” says Rick Ekstein, President of Weston Forest Group, in Mississauga.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

No time to relax in Algonquin: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
With a new Natural Resources minister in place, environmental groups have renewed their attack on the Algonquin Park logging industry.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Support builds for Squamish forestry centre: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
The forest industry in the Squamish area of British Columbia wants to show the world the importance and commitment of the area forest industry.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

U.S. Senator's crusade against Canada
Whenever Canadian exports get gored in the U.S., Senator Max Baucus has a hand in it. Right or wrong, the man from Montana wins—it's his system, after all.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

B.C. minister announces plans for protected lands
B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner says he hopes to lay out the specifics - including names - this week of 11 new provincial parks and 66 conservancies that will form a mass of protected land about twice the size of Prince Edward Island.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Weyerhaeuser closing Miramichi plant
Weyerhaeuser Company announced that it will permanently close effective June 6, 2008, its oriented strand board (OSB) plant located in Miramichi, New Brunswick.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

B.C. Lumber mill back to business
Adams Lake Lumber will soon resume operations under a short-term plan designed to support the mill’s customers and employees.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Lumber giant's net loss widens
West Fraser Timber Co., Canada’s largest lumber producer by market value, said its first-quarter loss widened to C$68.6 million or $1.60 a share.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Interfor reports loss, but stock goes up
International Forest Products warned it expects weaker prices in the coming months for products that have so far been immune to the U.S. housing slump.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Cedar keeping B.C. lumber market afloat
At a log sort outside Port McNeill on Vancouver Island's northeast coast, almost half the wood that comes in is western red cedar.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Abitibi assistance totalled $20M
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador provided AbitibiBowater Inc. with about $20 million in aid during the past two years.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

Norbord doubles loss
Norbord Inc reported on Wednesday a first-quarter loss that almost doubled from the previous year as severance charges and a weak U.S. housing market sapped demand for its key wood product.
Monday Apr 28 Full Story

BC carbon trading system threatened by bug
For a little bug, the pine beetle has an enormous carbon footprint.
Friday Apr 25 Full Story

Pulpwood costs going up in Brazil
Pulpwood costs in Brazil will continue to be record high as competition increases for smaller logs between the pulp, energy and wood panel sectors. Wood costs in the 4Q/07 were almost twice the level of four years ago.
Friday Apr 25 Full Story

Tembec shuts down its Senneterre, Quebec sawmill
Tembec announced a temporary shutdown for at least three months at its Senneterre sawmill located in Quebec effective May 9, 2008. The shutdown decision was based on the lack of wood supply in the region.
Thursday Apr 24 Full Story

Forestry Dean comments on Greenpeace study
The University of Toronto Dean of forestry warned against oversimplifying our understanding of forest management.
Thursday Apr 24 Full Story

Principles of Smart Border Accord Need to Be Restored
The CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance and president of the Ontario Trucking Association warned, "the thickening of the Canada-US land border imperils economic growth in the Great Lakes region which is already the front line of changing world supply chains."
Thursday Apr 24 Full Story

Pine beetle outbreak adds to greenhouse gas woes
The mountain pine beetle's infestation in western Canada is turning forests into a new source of greenhouse gases, according to new research to be published in the journal Nature.
Wednesday Apr 23 Full Story

Kimberly-Clark profit slips 3 per cent
Kimberly-Clark Corp., facing higher prices for the raw materials it needs to make tissues and diapers, said that its first-quarter profit slipped 2.5 per cent despite an increase in sales.
Wednesday Apr 23 Full Story

Norbord loss deepens
Norbord Inc. has reported a first-quarter loss of $31-million (U.S.) or 21 cents per share, blaming crumbling North American prices for oriented strand board.
Wednesday Apr 23 Full Story

Harper reminds would-be U.S. presidents about oil
Stephen Harper issued a direct warning yesterday in the debate over NAFTA’s future, reminding Americans who want to reopen the accord that U.S. dependence on Canadian oil gives Canada a big bargaining chip.
Wednesday Apr 23 Full Story

Old into new. Wood waste becomes bioenergy
The future of Canada's forests may lie in applying new technologies to a very old use.
Wednesday Apr 23 Full Story

Don’t blame logging for fires
Recent media reports have suggested that logging is destabilizing the Canadian boreal forest and making it more susceptible to fire and insects.
Tuesday Apr 22 Full Story

Buchanan sawmill restart sees about 250 return to work
About 250 McKenzie Forest Products sawmill workers in Hudson will return to work in early June for at least three months.
Tuesday Apr 22 Full Story

Canada has the world’s toughest greenhouse rules
Drastic reductions in so-called greenhouse gas emissions proposed by the federal government would, if enacted, cost Canadians $60-billion in coming years — at a minimum.
Tuesday Apr 22 Full Story

Domtar closes sale of text, cover and writing line of papers
Domtar announced the closing of the transaction for the sale of its text, cover and writing product line of papers to SMART Papers of Hamilton, Ohio.
Tuesday Apr 22 Full Story

Tembec extends indefinite idling of paper machine #3 Kapuskasing
Tembec announced the extension of the indefinite idling of paper machine #3 at its Kapuskasing, Ontario, newsprint mill, following the initial idling in October 2007.
Tuesday Apr 22 Full Story

Rail companies feel 20% drop in forest products shipments
Both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific reported income drops citing lower revenues from forest products as their biggest hit.
Tuesday Apr 22 Full Story

Family seeks inquest in tree planter's disappearance
The disappearance of a 25-year-old tree planter in the northwestern Ontario bush must be investigated by a coroner's inquest to provide the long-sought answers his family needs to help put the tragedy behind them, relatives said Monday.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Expert disagrees with Greenpeace
OTTAWA — Recent warnings which suggested that logging in the boreal forest could lead to a “carbon bomb” do not reflect the latest scientific research, according to a new opinion piece written by a senior federal government expert on forestry.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Wise stewardship of Sask. resources key to prosperity
Considering that it came on a day that potash prices and oil hit record heights, former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed’s advice couldn’t have been more timely.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Russian Seeks US$51-Billion investment in forests by 2020
Russia wants to attract 1.2 trillion rubles (U.S.$51.2-billion) of investment in the country's forests by 2020.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

B.C. housing sales dip below 2007 levels
B.C. housing sales lost ground during the first three months of this year — dipping 13.5 per cent below last year’s pace for a total of 18,635 Multiple Listing Service transactions, the B.C. Real Estate Association reported.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Builders investigating advantages of factory-built homes
Large builders investigating advantages of factory-built homes Sienna Homes is not the first Ontario builder to explore factory-built homes, and it certainly won’t be the last.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

In Weins' world, you can't see the forest for the trees
Artist Robert Wiens has been painting watercolours of trees since 1980. If this sounds a tad unadventurous, it should be noted that Wiens is no ordinary landscape painter, setting up his easel en plain air and painting for the Sunday afternoon joy of it.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Dan Christensen: Growing money on trees
When Dan Christensen looks out at a tract of forest, the corporate executive in him sees a great, low-risk financial investment with the capacity for steady, solid returns.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Bright future for pulp: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
“We think the pulp market will remain strong for the foreseeable future,” said Yvon Pelletier, vice-president of pulp for Tembec Industries. “The driver has been, for a lot of it, the start-up or ramping up of new capacity paper board and tissue capacity in Asia that is not integrated.”
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Industry needs stability: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
Reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, promoting more renewable energy from biomass, maximizing the use of recycled fibre, increasing energy self sufficiency with renewable fuels, and reducing water consumption contribute to our strong record of environmental stewardship - an environmental record of which all citizens of Ontario can be proud.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Neebing landowners’ perseverance pays off: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
Neebing property owners say they were forced to engage in a legal battle with governments who were guilty of pushing an environmental agenda without providing sufficient scientific data to support it.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Quesnel, B.C. plant expected to close
West Fraser Timber's fingerjoint lumber plant in Quesnel is the latest victim of the downturn in the forest sector.
Monday Apr 21 Full Story

Forest land deals betrays Vancouver Island
The B.C. government and Community Services Minister Ida Chong have looked after the interests of Western Forest Products and large landowners along the Island’s southwest coast over the last 14 months.
Sunday Apr 20 Full Story

Global mining and energy demand fuels Caterpillar
Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar says demand for its global mining and energy products pushed its first-quarter earnings up 13 per cent.
Friday Apr 18 Full Story

More corn cut than trees in Ontario
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says he will not reconsider his government's program of helping ethanol producers despite concern that it is driving up food prices.
Thursday Apr 17 Full Story

Landowners threaten clear-cut as protest
Rural landowners are threatening to clear-cut a huge swath of land in Eastern Ontario to protest against the lack of compensation in the province's new endangered species law.
Wednesday Apr 16 Full Story

Tembec sells part of its interest in AV Nackawic and AV Cell
Tembec Inc. announced that it has sold part of its interest in New Brunswick's AV Nackawic Inc. and AV Cell Inc. to India's Aditya Birla Group
Tuesday Apr 15 Full Story

Tim Hortons sponsors Envirothon competition
The Ontario Forestry Association proudly announces that Tim Hortons is the lead corporate sponsor of the 2008 Ontario Envirothon Competition.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

STATSCAN REPORT APRIL 14
Investment in non-residential building construction First quarter 2008
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Mill closures force firm to get sawdust from U.S.
So many coastal sawmills have shut down that papermaker Catalyst Paper is turning to American lumber mills for the sawdust they need to make pulp.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

EDITORIAL - the Caribou are fine: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
Under the new Endangered Species Act, Ontario intends to release new measures to protect caribou in Ontario.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Mills file suit: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
Over a dozen Ontario forest companies have served notice they intend to make a statement of claim against the Ministry of Natural Resources relating to the province’s residual value charge (RVC) on hardwood.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Chipping operations grow with demand: From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
With pulp prices remaining strong, forest companies are facing a challenge to meet the increased demand for wood chips used for making pulp.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Layton says forestry sector can be turned around
Federal NDP leader Jack Layton visited Thunder Bay over the weekend and brought with him some ideas on how to revitalize the North.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Sawmill shutdowns in B.C. have created a lack of wood waste
Blueberry grower Paul Gill used to be able to pick up the phone and order a truckload of sawdust for immediate delivery to his family-run Surrey farm, where he spreads it around young plants to keep moisture in and weeds out.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Canfor cuts B.C. lumber production
Canfor Corp. said it is cutting back lumber production at most of its Western Canadian sawmills.
Monday Apr 14 Full Story

Editorial comment - Greenpeace releases latest 'junk science' study
According to CP newswire service, radical environmental campaigners Greenpeace have released another report condemning logging in the Boreal forest.
Friday Apr 11 Full Story

Mill upgrade loan furthers NB self-suffiency agenda
A $9-million loan to Irving Paper for a facility upgrade will further New Brunswick's self-sufficiency agenda, said Business New Brunswick Minister Greg Byrne.
Friday Apr 11 Full Story

Dalhousie gets $12M to help economic transition
A forestry town in northern New Brunswick will receive $12 million in government funding to help its transition following the closure of its mill.
Friday Apr 11 Full Story

Editorial - Report needs equal weight for forestry and mining
New government economic strategy report gives world class to mining not forestry
Thursday Apr 10 Full Story

Catalyst completes acquisition of Snowflake newsprint mill
Catalyst Paper Corporation has completed its US$161 million acquisition of the recycled newsprint mill in Snowflake, Arizona.
Thursday Apr 10 Full Story

Delhi's Titan Trailers opens new facility
The 37,000 sq. ft. addition at the Titan Trailers Inc. head office and factory includes a new expanded home for the company’s in‑house R&D Engineering team.
Thursday Apr 10 Full Story

Canadian international merchandise trade February 2008
Canada's merchandise trade surplus with the world expanded by more than $2 billion in February, in the wake of increases in all export sectors combined with a decrease in imports.
Thursday Apr 10 Full Story

Workshop explores birds' reliance on boreal forest
Bird and forestry experts are exploring common ground at a workshop in Sault Ste.
Thursday Apr 10 Full Story

Canfor CEO puts best face on shutdowns
Canfor Corp. chief executive officer Jim Shepard is trying to put the best face on the latest round of production cutbacks and lay-offs at his company, Canada's largest lumber producer.
Wednesday Apr 09 Full Story

Canada’s Housing Starts Stay at 255,000 Units in March
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced that March 2008 housing starts were almost exactly the same as February’s level.
Wednesday Apr 09 Full Story

Domtar Won't Lose Timber Rights
Domtar isn't going to lose the timber rights associated with its Prince Albert Pulp Mill.
Wednesday Apr 09 Full Story

Canadian housing starts fall less than expected
Construction started in Canada on almost as many homes in March as the month prior, confounding predictions of a steeper decline.
Tuesday Apr 08 Full Story

Canfor slashes production again
Canfor Corp. is again taking an axe to production, citing falling demand and poor pricing for softwood lumber with no signs the market will recover any time soon.
Tuesday Apr 08 Full Story

Quebec housing starts slow down in March
According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, residential construction slowed down last month across Quebec.
Tuesday Apr 08 Full Story

Dryden mayor speaks in Ottawa
Dryden Mayor says a recent opportunity to answer questions about forest crisis impacts on the region with the federal government was at times very frustrating.
Monday Apr 07 Full Story

Statscan report April 7 2008 Building Permits
Construction intentions in Canada cooled for a fourth consecutive month in February.
Monday Apr 07 Full Story

Statscan report April 7 2008 International trade
Canada diversified its portfolio in merchandise trade with the world even further last year.
Monday Apr 07 Full Story

B.C. Forestry pains continue
Some critics say the problems started in 2003 when provincial legislation was passed.
Monday Apr 07 Full Story

Does the U.S. really want to renegotiate NAFTA?
The history books are full of rhetoric about the ties that bind Canada and the United States, often mentioning the “longest undefended border.”
Monday Apr 07 Full Story

Statscan report May 9, 2008
Canadian international merchandise trade
Monday May 12 Full Story

Woodlot owners gear up to protect forests : From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
In a year when Norfolk County is celebrating its woodland heritage, its forests face a potential killer.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Steady growth key to success : From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
Smart decisions and stable growth have been the keys to 60 years of success for Goulard Lumber in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

Looking for the “greenest” building material? : From The Working Forest Newspaper Spring #1
“Many people have come to think of wood as low-tech and old-fashioned,” notes Forintek Researcher Jennifer O’Connor.
Tuesday May 06 Full Story

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