Taking another 700,000 hectares of B.C. forest out of production is another setback to an industry struggling with a declining timber base and continued trade barriers, B.C. and Canadian forest industry associations say.

HALIFAX -- Global warming is likely to drastically reduce regrowth of a tree species that is a cornerstone of the Maritimes pulp and lumber industry, a new study by forestry scientists concludes.

(Vancouver) – BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) President and CEO Susan Yurkovich and Forest Products Association of Canada President and CEO Derek Nighbor issued a joint statement in response to the announcement today that the Intergovernmental Partnership Agreement for the Conservation of the Central Group of the Southern Mountain Caribou has been signed.

Feb. 20, 2020 - [Richmond, BC] – On the morning of February 19, 2020, Paper Excellence Canada became aware that some of its IT systems had been affected by malware.

Despite two decades of email and social media marketing, and the digitization of the consumer experience, catalog mailings have been steadily increasing since 2015.

Since 2010, the Two Sides global campaign has changed or removed misleading environmental claims of over 500 organizations, including many of the world’s largest corporations.

Wilmington, NC – February 17, 2020 – Wes Carter, President of Atlantic Corporation of Wilmington, has announced the acquisition of Coastal Corrugated, a 35-year-old family owned box company located in North Charleston, SC.

Beginning in October 2019, the silhouette of the Green Bay Broadway (GBB) mill began to change. The first of two 400-foot stacks, a significant part of the Green Bay skyline for decades, started to be removed.

Domtar says its long-term goal in Kamloops is that wastewood can be brought to the mill economically.

The Nova Scotia government has launched a program it believes will help the forestry sector adopt new technology and approaches to become a more competitive and sustainable sector.

The Natural Resources Commitee in Ottawa will be taking a closer look at the issues facing the forest industry. Kenora MP Eric Melillo says the decision came after a unanimous vote.

Blockades across Canada’s railway system have choked branches of the supply chain for two weeks. Now, industries are facing a new hurdle — the layoffs of hundreds of CN Rail workers.

CUMBERLAND — The state of Maryland, through the Department of the Environment, issued notice Wednesday that it intends to bring a lawsuit in federal court against the former owner of the Luke paper mill, alleging seepages into the North Branch Potomac River threaten public health and the environment.

The closure of Northern Pulp is a serious blow to woodlot owners and forestry workers across Nova Scotia. It isn’t an exaggeration to say that the Nova Scotia government sleepwalked into this crisis and has been mishandling the fallout as a public relations exercise. 

As you are aware, the ongoing rail and other infrastructure blockades taking place in various parts of the country are creating severe problems for public services, Canadian businesses, workers and their families.

Vaagen Fibre Canada’s mill will be shut down for at least two months, Fibre Manager Dan Macmaster said Friday.

Cariboo North MLA Coralee Oakes says at first glance, it appears today’s provincial budget doesn’t have a lot for those being impacted by the downturn in the forest industry.

NANAIMO — An incredibly tough nearly eight months off the job is coming to an end for approximately 3000 forestry workers.

There is a solution to the single-use plastic problem, and it’s one that has been right under the noses of policy makers for decades.

A fourth year of helicopter logging in the Williams Lake area is expected to start next week to help minimize the spread of Douglas fir beetles on Crown land. 

With continued steep border tariffs from the U.S. and new trade threats in Asia, B.C.’s Interior forest industry is grappling with new regulations on forest waste recovery that it says it can’t afford.