Forestry
Teal-Jones halts harvesting timber on BC coast
Hundreds of jobs lost as BC forest companies close or curtail more than 24 mills.
West Fraser to vary schedule at 5 BC mills to reduce production
Estimated reduction of up to 100 million board feet through the end of the year.
Interfor closes BC sawmill in latest blow for trouble lumber industry
Shutdown will be complete by the end of 2019, after the mill’s remaining log and lumber inventories have been processed and shipped.
Norbord reducing oriented strand board production at Georgia mill
One line at the two-line mill will operate on a reduced schedule starting on Sept. 5.
Shift reductions coming to Tolko plants in BC as market remains volatile
More than 700 workers will be affected by the curtailments Aug. 17 to Sept. 2 at the Armstrong and Lumby plants.
Kruger partners with Nature Conservancy of Canada on destinations program
Offers in-nature experiences from short boardwalk strolls to day-long hikes in cities and remote locations across Canada.
End of controversial pulp mill not a disaster for some woodlots
Deadline approaches for the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County to stop sending effluent into a lagoon.
Closing NS pulp mill would cost 2,700 jobs, decimate industry: Unifor
Facing a January 2020 deadline to shut down a treatment facility that sends effluent into the Boat Harbour lagoon.
Western Forest Products to cut production at BC mill as strike continues
Temporary curtailment, expected to start in August, will impact 67 unionized employees.
Alberta government looking to speed up job accreditation for foreign workers
Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia already have similar laws.
West Fraser announces additional permanent production cuts in BC
CItes timber supply constraints owing to pine beetles, wildfires and pricing.
Tough conditions for softwood lumber as tariffs and climate weigh
Companies cut back shifts, close mills as a lack of log supplies and low prices bite.
$23M forest TMP-Bio project commissioned by FPInnovations, Resolute
The thermo-mechanical-pulp biorefinery produces lignin and sugars for use in the development of wood-based products.
New worker safety review underway seven years after BC mill explosions
USW says previous inquiries into explosions at Babine Forest Products and Lakeland Mills raised more questions than answers.
Canfor cutting lumber production as supply and price issues continue
Will reduce production output by approximately 100 million board feet spread across its BC mills.
