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Ontario issues second amendment to wood supply process

brett h — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:36:16 -0500

UPDATE: Amendment to Stage II: Provincial Wood Supply Competitive Process Document

Public support for forests vital as climate change bites

brett h — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:35:00 -0500

According to Tim Rollinson, Director-General of the British Forestry Commission, and Chairman of the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, the Earth ne

Seeing the trees for a forest

brett h — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:33:23 -0500

A campaign to plant trees worldwide set a goal on Tuesday of seven billion by late 2009, just over one for each person on the planet, to help prote

BC First Nation leading rebirth of Northwest's forest industry

brett h — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:30:43 -0500

An isolated first nation on the northern British Columbia coast is emerging as a new economic powerhouse leading the rebirth of the Northwest's forest industry.

Norbord Inc. announces secondary bought deal offering of its common shares

brett h — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:02:54 -0500

Norbord Inc.

Union sees Canfor contract as pattern for industry agreements

brett h — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:38:08 -0500

Results are expected in the next few days on a vote by workers at the country's No. 2 lumber producer Canfor Corp. on a contract the union hopes will set a pattern for B.C.'s other sawmills.

Madawaska Valley council making one last effort to halt footprint proposal

brett h — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:39:19 -0500

With the public comment period coming to a quick halt March 8, Madawaska Valley Township council is making one last ditch

Forestation project strong, healthy after 44 years

brett h — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:28:56 -0500

Just like growing a healthy child, it takes a community to raise a healthy forest too.

SFI marks 2,000 chain-of-custody certified locations

brett h — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:25:13 -0500

The independent Sustainable Forestry Initiative program - one of the world's leading third-party forest certification programs - continues to grow exponentially, recently achievin

Catalyst looks for ways to reopen Elk Falls, BC mill

brett h — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:04:17 -0500

Catalyst Paper has resubmitted a proposal to the union that could allow for the restart of the Elk Falls paper mill at a labour

Global lumber markets improved in late 2009

brett h — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:01:06 -0500

New forestry equipment supplier in Canada

brett h — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:35:41 -0500

Davis Forestry Ltd has been appointed Sole Canadian agent for the full line of Binderberger Forestry equipment, from Austria .

Closed WFP mill may move to old Harmac pulp site in Nanaimo

brett h — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:26:38 -0500

Talks are underway that could see Nanaimo's downtown Western Forest Products mill moved to the site of the Harmac pulp mill.

Up with trees, down with humans - Comment

brett h — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:24:32 -0500

Last month, a band of resolute preservationists issued a public call for “at least” half of the entire landmass of British Columbia to be turned into parkland or protected space in orde

Ottawa may desturb earth worms in new development

brett h — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:21:39 -0500

The City of Ottawa will plant 602 new butternut trees and 100 new ginseng plants to compensate for the ones being ripped up by the Terry Fox Drive extension, according to a proposed agreement with