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Louisiana-Pacific posts quarterly profit of $22 million
31 Juillet 2010 07:43Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (LP) has posted a quarterly net income of $22 million in its second quarter, improving from its $29 million loss a year ago. The company posted net sales of $447 million ... Read more...
Domtar posts net quarterly earnings of $31 million
30 Juillet 2010 09:55Domtar Corporation has reported net earnings of $31 million for the second quarter of 2010 compared to net earnings of $58 million for the first quarter of 2010 and net earnings of $48 million for ... Read more...
Plan to burn trees for power in Nova Scotia put on hold
30 Juillet 2010 09:23A regulatory board hearing has been underway in Nova Scotia this week concerning a plan by NewPage and Nova Scotia Power to build a $208 million biomass energy plant. Nova Scotia ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper records net quarterly loss of $368.4 million
30 Juillet 2010 07:26Catalyst Paper has recorded a net loss of $368.4 million on sales of $299.4 million for the second quarter of 2010. Results were significantly impacted by after-tax impairment and closure costs of $302.0 million ... Read more...
Fairfax has a great quarter, posting earnings of $325.2 million
29 Juillet 2010 19:17Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. has reported quarterly earnings of $325.2 million (U.S.) compared to a profit of $275.4 million a year ago. Revenue for the quarter amounted to $1.81 billion, up from $1.74 ... Read more...
Firefighting chopper crashes in B.C.
29 Juillet 2010 18:57A firefighting helicopter has crashed near Lillooet, British Columbia. Fortunately both men aboard have survived the crash. The pilot was taken to Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops with pain in ... Read more...
TimberWest curtails harvesting operations due to fire risk
29 Juillet 2010 18:21TimberWest Forest Corp. has just taken extra steps to reduce the risk of wildfire on its private managed forest lands in British Columbia. "Much of our land base is in ... Read more...
Canfor posts quarterly net income of $40.4 million
29 Juillet 2010 18:05Canfor Corporation has reported total net income of $40.4 million for the second quarter of 2010, compared to $32.5 million for the first quarter of 2010 and $12.1 million for the second quarter of 2009. The ... Read more...
Tembec posts quarterly profit of $59 million
29 Juillet 2010 12:34Tembec has posted a third quarter profit of $59 million (Cdn), or 59 Canadian cents a share, compared with a net loss of $38 million, or 38 Canadian cents a share a year earlier. ... Read more...
TimberWest posts strongest quarterly results in 3 years
29 Juillet 2010 09:16TimberWest Forest Corp. posted its strongest normalized quarterly results in three years generating positive EBITDA of $9.7 million and positive distributable cash of $4.0 million in Q2, 2010. This compares to an EBITDA ... Read more...
Works resumes at Tolko Industries' Armstrong plywood operation
28 Juillet 2010 10:13After a month long curtailment, workers are back at their jobs at Tolko Industries' Armstrong plywood operation in British Columbia. “We’ve been able to focus on speciality products,” said ... Read more...
AV Group receives $36.3 million
28 Juillet 2010 10:01The AV Group, who runs the AV Nackawic mill and the AV Cell mill in New Brunswick, are receiving $36.3 million from Natural Resources Canada's Pulp and Paper Green Transformation program. ... Read more...
AV Nackawic Pulp Mill receives $2.37 million
28 Juillet 2010 10:01The Government of Canada is investing in two capital improvement projects that will support clean energy production and environmental improvements at the AV Nackawic pulp mill in Nackawic, New Brunswick, ... Read more...
International Paper posts net quarterly earnings of $93 million
28 Juillet 2010 07:15International Paper has posted a preliminary second-quarter 2010 net earnings totaling $93 million compared with a net loss of $162 million in the first quarter of 2010 and net earnings of $136 million in the ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp has a good day in court
27 Juillet 2010 19:06Terrace Bay Pulp is one step closer to reopening this summer. Today the company announced that their Plan of Arrangement has been sanctioned by the Ontario Superior Court, clearing the ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater has paid off $166 million of its DIP loan
27 Juillet 2010 08:28On July 21, AbitibiBowater repaid $166 million of its debtor-in-possession (DIP) loan, leaving $40 million remaining. AbitibiBowater has said it was able to make the payment due to an improvement in market conditions ... Read more...
Western Forest Products plans to restart its Ladysmith sawmill
27 Juillet 2010 07:53Western Forest Products will be restarting its Ladysmith sawmill on or around September 7, 2010. The Ladysmith sawmill was closed indefinitely on April 26, 2008 due to poor market conditions. The operation will now ... Read more...
Western Forest Products reaches tentative agreement with workers
27 Juillet 2010 07:48Western Forest Products has reached a tentative 4-year labour agreement with the United Steelworkers Union. The contract, which covers the vast majority of Western's unionized hourly workforce, includes USW Locals 1... Read more...
Will the gutting of the B.C. Forest Service lead to privatization?
26 Juillet 2010 20:33An article published by Focus Online is exposing the current emaciated state of the British Columbia Forest Service and questions if the gutting of the Forest Service has been plotted ... Read more...
Tembec's Temiscaming workers agree to concessions
26 Juillet 2010 19:39Workers at Tembec's Temiscaming pulp mill in Quebec have agreed to concession in order for Tembec to invest in mill upgrades. Instead of accept the 10% wage concessions that are part ... Read more...
Should Nova Scotia burn trees for power generation? Hearings begin today
26 Juillet 2010 07:22Hearings begin today by the Nova Scotia regulatory agency over a biomass-fueled power generation proposal. NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. and Nova Scotia Power (a subsidiary of Emera Inc.) have a ... Read more...
Ear Falls concessions and a stable wood supply may be key to restart sawmill
23 Juillet 2010 10:24President of EACOM Timber, Rick Doman, has said that the costs need to be reduced at the Ear Falls and Sault Ste. Marie sawmills in Ontario before they will be ... Read more...
Interfor posts net loss of $2.6 million
23 Juillet 2010 07:48International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) reported a net loss of $2.6 million or $0.06 per share in the second quarter of 2010. The loss for the quarter includes a tax valuation allowance of $1.3 ... Read more...
Workers vote in favour of strike action at Ainsworth OSB mill in Barwick
23 Juillet 2010 07:26Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) Local 324-99 of the Ainsworth Engineered LP facility in Barwick, Ontario have rejected their employer's final offer, and have voted in favour ... Read more...
Canfor Pulp Income Fund posts quarterly net income of $22.1 million
22 Juillet 2010 09:48The Canfor Pulp Income Fund (the Fund) has posted their second quarter results. The Fund has a 49.8% ownership in the Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (the Partnership). The Partnership has posted ... Read more...
New mill starts ups in Ontario are still waiting for a wood supply
21 Juillet 2010 14:24Atikokan Renewable Fuels feels their plan to restart the defunct Fibratech plant to produce wood pellets has been severely hampered by Ontario's competitive wood supply process. Ontario created a competition ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp is ordering supplies
21 Juillet 2010 07:55The mill workers in Terrace Bay, Ontario are a little more hopeful this week that the plans to reopen Terrace Bay Pulp may actually come to fruition. Yesterday, Terrace Bay ... Read more...
Lockout of Port of Montreal workers may lead to AbitibiBowater layoffs
20 Juillet 2010 20:10Exporters, like AbitibiBowater, may have to lay off workers if the lockout of the Port of Montreal workers continues. 850 port workers were locked out on July 18 over a wage dispute. ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper didn't pay its full 2010 tax bill to North Cowichan
20 Juillet 2010 08:20Catalyst Paper sent out their tax payments last week and North Cowichan, British Columbia is feeling a sense of déjà vu. North Cowichan received two cheques last week. One ... Read more...
SGF extends a $79 million loan to Fibrek
19 Juillet 2010 13:25Société générale de financement du Québec (SGF) has announced a contribution of $78 million dollars as part of a global refinancing agreement totaling approximately $190 M for Fibrek ... Read more...
Fraser Papers posts net loss of $13.1 million
17 Juillet 2010 14:06Fraser Papers Inc.Fraser Papers has posted a net loss of $13.1 million in its first quarter. As a result of the sale of Fraser Papers' specialty papers assets to Twin ... Read more...
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper purchased by Paper Excellence
16 Juillet 2010 18:07Howe Sound Pulp and Paper has been sold by its owners (Canfor and Oji Paper Co. Ltd. of Japan) to Paper Excellence B.V. Paper Excellence B.V. is based ... Read more...
Domtar and FPInnovations join forces to develop innovative fiber-based nanotechnologies
16 Juillet 2010 14:13Domtar Corporation and FPInnovations today announced that they have formed a new joint venture company to build the world's first one metric ton per day commercial-scale nanocrystalline cellulose demonstration plant ... Read more...
British Columbia's forestry job numbers
15 Juillet 2010 23:13It seems that forestry employment numbers bottomed out last year in British Columbia and may now be making a rebound. Here are some forestry job stats from British Columbia: 2005 – 79,700 2006 – 81,617 2007 – 84,275 2008 – 64,917 2009 – 51,958 2010 (Jan ... Read more...
Still hurdles in the way for Terrace Bay Pulp to restart
14 Juillet 2010 20:37Terrace Bay Pulp executives submitted their creditor payment plan to Ontario's Superior Court in Toronto yesterday. That plan will see Terrace Bay Pulp pay $35 million to about 170 creditors. The court ... Read more...
Tolko's Armstrong sawmill undamaged by fire
13 Juillet 2010 20:12Crews continue to mop up spot fires at Tolko Industries Ltd.’s Armstrong Division. The fire, which began Sunday afternoon, was contained to the hog pile and log yard. Pat ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater's Fort Frances mill fined for workplace accident
13 Juillet 2010 20:06In 2008, two electricians and a student received first, second, and third degree burns after making contact with a live conductor at the AbitibiBowater mill in Fort Frances, Ontario. As a ... Read more...
Fire at Tolko in Armstrong, B.C.
12 Juillet 2010 08:17At least 100 homes were evacuated yesterday when a pile of sawdust caught on fire at the Armstrong Tolko Industries plant in British Columbia. The fire started in hog fuel and ... Read more...
How B.C. sawmills are targeting the Chinese market
12 Juillet 2010 08:03There was an informative article in the Globe and Mail over the weekend detailing efforts in British Columbia to establish a market for their lumber in China. Did you know ... Read more...
EACOM Timber Corporation Announces Board Changes
11 Juillet 2010 10:58EACOM Timber Corporation is pleased to announce that following its recently announced acquisition of the Forest Products business of Domtar Corporation, it has undertaken a number of changes to its ... Read more...
Corner Brook Pulp & Paper workers are not rushing to negotiate
11 Juillet 2010 10:53The unionized workers at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper in Newfoundland are not rushing to negotiate a new contract. The workers have been without a collective agreement for over a ... Read more...
Tolko extends its curtailment in Spallumcheen
11 Juillet 2010 10:19The curtailment that began at Tolko Industries's plywood operation in Spallumcheen, British Columbia on July 5th, will be extended for an additional week. 140 employees are affected by the temporary curtailment. ... Read more...
Another executive leaves NewPage
09 Juillet 2010 17:02On July 2, 2010, the boards of directors of NewPage Holding Corporation and NewPage Corporation accepted the resignation of Michael L. Marziale as senior vice president, marketing, strategy and general management, effective ... Read more...
Port Alberni could be heated from Catalyst's steam
09 Juillet 2010 07:30The waste steam from a Catalyst Paper paper mill may be used some day to heat large buildings in Port Alberti. For this to happen, heat lines would be located ... Read more...
Peace River Pulp Division receives $40.57 million
09 Juillet 2010 07:25The Government of Canada’s investment of $40.57 million in Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. (DMI) is improving the company’s environmental performance and helping drive the evolution of Canada’s forest sector, ... Read more...
Could the ash from Corner Brook Pulp and Paper be reused?
09 Juillet 2010 07:21Researchers are studying the ash produced by burning at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper in Newfoundland, and are investigating if the ash could be reused for agricultural, horticultural, and forestry ... Read more...
Extension of Fraser Paper's creditor protection period
09 Juillet 2010 07:15Fraser Papers Inc. has announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) has granted a further extension of the initial Order under which Fraser Papers, together with its ... Read more...
Grand Falls-Windsor lost its main employer, but has somehow thrived
08 Juillet 2010 07:15When AbitibiBowater closed the mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, most people assumed the economy of the central Newfoundland town would tank. But the opposite has happened. Last year by this ... Read more...
Alberta's cold winter did knock back the mountain pine beetles
08 Juillet 2010 07:08Scientists are now saying last winter's cold temperatures in Alberta were cold enough to knock back the population of mountain pine beetles. Bark samples from 1,266 pine trees at 229 sites show ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper is permanently closing Elk Falls paper mill & Coquitlam recycling operation
07 Juillet 2010 07:30Catalyst Paper has decided to permanently close its Elk Falls paper mill near Campbell River, British Columbia and its paper recycling operation in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Elk Falls mill ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater hopes to be free of court protection on October 1
06 Juillet 2010 08:16AbitibiBowater hopes its restructuring plan wins the support of its creditors in late August so the company can escape from bankruptcy court protection on October 1st. The restructuring plan aims ... Read more...
Update from Tembec regarding fire at Chetwynd mill
05 Juillet 2010 09:43Tembec has provided an update regarding a fire at the its high yield pulp mill in Chetwynd, British Columbia. The fire started on Wednesday, June 30, in the late afternoon. Emergency ... Read more...
Fire at Tembec's Chetwynd pulp mill
03 Juillet 2010 09:23A fire broke out on Wednesday at Tembec's Chetwynd pulp mill in British Columbia. The fire began in the mill but quickly spread through the mill to the outside chip ... Read more...
Fire at Ligni Bel sawmill in Scotsburn, Nova Scotia
02 Juillet 2010 07:36The Ligni Bel sawmill in Scotsburn, Nova Scotia suffered significant damage in a fire yesterday. Several firefighters were injured when a flashover occurred in the boiler house due to the ... Read more...
West Fraser closes Northstar Lumber permanently
02 Juillet 2010 07:13West Fraser Timber has decided to permanently close Northstar Lumber in Quesnel, British Columbia. The mill was idled in December 2008 putting 127 people out of work. The mill had been producing ... Read more...
Domtar completes sale of its Forest Products Business to EACOM
01 Juillet 2010 18:10Domtar Corporation has announced the closing of its previously announced transaction to sell its Forest Products Business to EACOM Timber Corporation. EACOM acquired the business for CDN$80 million plus elements ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper will be paying their full tax bill in 3 British Columbia communities
30 Juin 2010 20:49Catalyst Paper will pay its full municipal property tax bill in three of the four municipalities that host its B.C. paper mills, but is seeking leave from the Supreme ... Read more...
Could we prevent Dutch elm disease by cloning resistant trees?
30 Juin 2010 09:02Praveen Saxena, a University of Guelph researcher, is searching for elm trees that have proven to be high resistant or highly tolerant to Dutch elm disease. If resistant trees can ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp receives positive vote to continue with its payment plan
30 Juin 2010 08:48Terrace Bay Pulp received a nearly unanimous vote to continue with its plan to pay off creditors and move forward towards reopening the mill this summer. 165 of the company's 168 creditors ... Read more...
German company is unable to take over Grand Falls-Windsor pulp mill
29 Juin 2010 07:37Lott Paper, from Germany, is in no position to follow through with their plans to take over the idled, former AbitibiBowater pulp mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. Lott Paper filed ... Read more...
Northern Pulp creates Nova Scotia Forest Research Program
28 Juin 2010 07:30Northern Pulp Nova Scotia is creating a new Forest Research Program in the province. Northern Pulp’s initiative and $1 million investment over five years will drive research to study the ... Read more...
U.S. Courts Approve AbitibiBowater's Backstop Commitment Agreement
25 Juin 2010 17:56AbitibiBowater Inc. today announced that, in connection with its creditor protection proceedings and exit financing efforts, the Company has obtained approval of a backstop commitment agreement by the U.S. ... Read more...
Tolko curtails Armstrong division for 1 week
25 Juin 2010 07:21Tolko Industries is curtailing its Armstrong, British Columbia division for a minimum of 1 week. The curtailment, scheduled for market re-adjustment, will begin on July 5th. 150 employees will be affected. Tolko ... Read more...
Germany's Lott Paper wants former Grand Falls-Windsor paper mill in Newfoundland
25 Juin 2010 07:15German company Lott Paper wants to reopen the former AbitibiBowater paper mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. Lott Paper wants to fill the market void left in Germany since AbitibiBowater idled ... Read more...
Canfor tenatively plans to restart Vavenby
22 Juin 2010 21:01Tentative plans are being made by Canfor to upgrade its Vavenby mill in British Columbia The plans call for a $30 million modernization project at the mill that would put at ... Read more...
Weyerhaeuser shrinks its debt
22 Juin 2010 20:55Weyerhaeuser is in the news this week for taking steps to actively shrink its debt. Weyerhaeuser recently offered to repurchase all of its outstanding 6.750% notes that are due on March 15, 2010. ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp has lost its funding provider
22 Juin 2010 20:44Terrace Bay Pulp has lost its funding provider of $40 million. This is the latest dark cloud greying the company's delayed restart plan. Terrace Bay Pulp does have a $25 million loan ... Read more...
Tembec's outlook improves
21 Juin 2010 14:19Tembec has announced that its operational earnings are expected to increase in its third quarter - by at least 42%. Tembec said its EBITDA (arnings before non-recurring items, interest, income taxes, ... Read more...
Smurfit Stone cleared to exit bankruptcy this month
21 Juin 2010 14:09Smurfit Stone Container Corporation has received approval from the court to exit from bankruptcy protection later this month - around June 30. After emerging from bankruptcy, the company will be controlled ... Read more...
What is behind NewPage's resignations?
18 Juin 2010 08:12A lot of buzz followed NewPage's announcement earlier this week. If you missed it, NewPage announced that its President and CEO E. Thomas Curley, Chairman of its board Mark A. ... Read more...
Fire at Irving's mill in Saint John
16 Juin 2010 11:18Last night there was a fire on the roof of Irving's paper mill in Saint John, New Brunswick. The fire started on the roof of the mill's thermal mechanical pulping ... Read more...
NewPage resignations
15 Juin 2010 08:12NewPage Corporation announced today that E. Thomas Curley has resigned as president and chief executive officer and as a director of NewPage and its affiliates. In addition, NewPage announced that ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater's sawmill workers in Quebec reject contract proposal
15 Juin 2010 06:49AbitibiBowater's workers at 4 sawmills in Quebec have voted 53% against their latest contract proposal. The 4 sawmills, with a collective total of 500 workers, are Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean in Girardville, Mistassini, The Gold, and St. ... Read more...
Tembec announces its scheduled summer downtime
14 Juin 2010 11:54Tembec has announced scheduled downtime for this summer: Summer Shutdowns: Cochrane, Ontario - 5 weeks - beginning June 28 Senneterre, Quebec - 5 weeks - beginning June 28 Kapuskasing, Ontario - 2 weeks - beginning ... Read more...
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper pleads guilty
14 Juin 2010 07:41Kruger's Corner Brook Pulp and Paper has changed its plea to guilty in regards to an accidental spill in October 2007. About 7,400 litres of a solution of 50% caustic soda — also known ... Read more...
A green pulp mill that is tree-free?
14 Juin 2010 07:29Prairie Pulp and Paper aims to produce a high-quality, eco-friendly paper from wheat and flax straw in southern Manitoba. The company is backed by a group of investors that includes ... Read more...
Weyerhaeuser announces reopening of Hudson Bay OSB mill in Saskatchewan
11 Juin 2010 20:05Weyerhaeuser is reopening its OSB plant in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan in September. Production at the mill has been curtailed since July of 2008. The majority of Hudson Bay's workforce will be ... Read more...
Elmsdale Lumber receives $3 million from Nova Scotia
11 Juin 2010 10:27Elmsdale Lumber is receiving $3 million in the form of a repayable loan from the Nova Scotia government. The company will use the loan to modernize its manufacturing and production operations ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp fined for pollution
10 Juin 2010 20:45Terrace Bay Pulp has been filed $150,000 after the company plead guilty to fouling the air and contaminating a sewage system in two separate incidents while the plant was still running ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater announces completion of asset sales
08 Juin 2010 09:35AbitibiBowater announced today that its subsidiaries have completed (i) the sale of three idle paper mills located in eastern Canada together with certain related assets and the property on which ... Read more...
Ensyn Technologies Inc. and Tolko Industries Ltd. announce formation of partnership to build world's largest commercial fast pyrolysis plant
07 Juin 2010 14:04Ensyn Technologies Inc. and Tolko Industries Ltd. announced today that they have formed a partnership to build the world's largest commercial fast pyrolysis plant in High Level, Alberta. The partnership, ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater sells golf course to town of Donnacona
07 Juin 2010 07:33AbitibiBowater has sold its company owned golf course, and its surrounding park land to the town of Donnacona, Quebec for $352,000. Some of the park land is zoned for residential development. ... Read more...
Domtar's Espanola mill receives $995,000
06 Juin 2010 16:39Domtar Corporation, North America’s largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of uncoated freesheet paper, is improving its environmental performance and contributing to a more sustainable pulp and paper industry in ... Read more...
Conifex Timber completes acquisition of Mackenzie sawmills
04 Juin 2010 10:46Conifex Timber Inc. ("Conifex"), formerly West Fourth Capital Inc. ("Fourth"), announced today that it has completed the acquisition of certain sawmill and related assets located at or near Mackenzie, British ... Read more...
Union decides not to vote on Catalyst Paper's proposal
04 Juin 2010 09:46Union officials from the CEP have presented a detailed version of Catalyst Paper's proposal to its Elk Falls members on Wednesday night. After examining the details, the union members decided ... Read more...
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper wants to alter its fuel source
04 Juin 2010 09:38Howe Sound Pulp and Paper, of coastal British Columbia, has applied to the B.C. Ministry of the Environment to alter its fuel source. The company wishes to add construction ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater appoints Richard Garneau to its Board of Directors
03 Juin 2010 12:30AbitibiBowater Inc. today announced the appointment of Richard Garneau to serve on its Board of Directors. AbitibiBowater also announced today the departure of Anthony F. Griffiths as a member of ... Read more...
Irving workers fight back against random alcohol tests
03 Juin 2010 08:25An arbitrator has sided with the workers of the Irving Pulp and Paper mill in St. John, New Brunswick after the workers grieved Irving's policy of random alcohol testing. Irving ... Read more...
Tolko Industries receives $810,000
02 Juin 2010 14:00Tolko Industries Ltd. is improving its environmental performance and contributing to a more sustainable pulp and paper industry in Canada with help from an $810,000 investment by the Government of Canada. ... Read more...
Interfor Castlegar sawmill set to reopen in July
01 Juin 2010 21:17Interfor is set to reopen its sawmill in Castlegar, British Columbia in July. Interfor's spokesman, Rick Slaco, has confirmed that between 5 and 60 people have been hired to work in the ... Read more...
Northern Pulp Reaffirms Environmental Stewardship Commitment
31 Mai 2010 21:14Northern Pulp, in Nova Scotia, has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental stewardship by signing an Environmental Stewardship Partners Program (ESPP) agreement with the Pictou Harbour Environment Protection Project (PHEPP), a ... Read more...
Denis Jean appointed Catalyst Paper interim President & CEO
31 Mai 2010 10:51Catalyst Paper has announced the appointment of Denis Jean, a current director of the Board as the company's interim president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. A veteran of the ... Read more...
Video from Wemotaci native reserve as forest fire approaches
30 Mai 2010 11:51Have you ever been near a forest fire? This video from the Wemotaci native reserve in Quebec shows breathtaking video filmed on Friday as a massive forest fire nears the ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper - a bully?
30 Mai 2010 11:16Union officials are accusing Catalyst Paper of trying to bully and intimidate workers and their families in relation to the company's 'fresh start' proposal to restart the Elk Falls mill. ... Read more...
Recent video of Wawa 18 fire in Ontario
30 Mai 2010 10:17Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) videos of the Wawa 18 fire: This fire has exhibited extreme behaviour that resulted in an emergency order being declared yesterday morning. An Emergency Area ... Read more...
Granules LG International Inc. receives $3.3 million in government funding
29 Mai 2010 18:03The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, announced the awarding of $2,560,000 in repayable funding for the startup of Granules LG international Inc., a wood pellet pilot ... Read more...
Forest fire updates
27 Mai 2010 20:50Forest fire season is in full strength across the country with many lightning sparked fires igniting tinder-dry forests. Quebec Lightning has started several forest fires in Quebec this week. 800 firefighters ... Read more...
Should Catalyst Paper move to China?
27 Mai 2010 10:32With word spreading that Catalyst Paper might be making a move to relocate to Yangcheng, China from Vancouver Island, many people are wondering if it is just a ploy by ... Read more...
German company tours Grand Falls-Windsor facilities
26 Mai 2010 07:37An unnamed German pulp and paper company toured the former AbitibiBowater mill in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland. Newfoundland and Labrador Natural Resources Minister Kathy Dunderdale is warning people not to get ... Read more...
Fraser Papers Signs Agreement to Sell New Hampshire Paper Mill
25 Mai 2010 18:48Fraser Papers Inc. announced that its subsidiary Fraser N.H. LLC, has reached an agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to an investment fund managed by MerchantBanc, LLC, ... Read more...
Elk Falls restart dependant on concessions
25 Mai 2010 18:45Workers of Catalyst Paper's Elk Falls mill in British Columbia are being told to accept wage concessions, or their mill will never restart. Elk Falls has been idle for 15 months. ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp back in court on Wednesday
25 Mai 2010 18:27Buchanan Forest Products, parent company of Terrace Bay Pulp, will be back in court tomorrow. The company will be asking for the Ontario Superior Court's approval to have a meeting ... Read more...
Mackenzie mill now scheduled to restart on August 1
25 Mai 2010 09:26The former Pope & Talbot/Worthington pulp mill in Mackenzie, British Columbia has had its restart date bumped up to August 1st - providing a fibre deal is in place. Sinar ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater Files Amended Plans of Reorganization and Disclosure Documents
24 Mai 2010 18:23AbitibiBowater Inc. has announced that certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, currently under creditor protection, have filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware ... Read more...
$22.7 million for Domtar's Dryden pulp mill
22 Mai 2010 16:43Domtar is received $22.7 million for its Dryden, Ontario pulp mill under the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP). The funding will be used for two capital improvement projects that ... Read more...
Status of Miramichi economy topic of emergency meeting
21 Mai 2010 13:17Miramichi, New Brunswick has suffered from the downturn in the forestry sector, but the city held its hopes high on a new $700 million plant that was to be build at ... Read more...
Have NewPage and Kruger made a deal?
21 Mai 2010 12:25The author of the Dead Tree Edition blog contacted me this morning with some insight to yesterday's announcement by Kruger that they were cutting production of coated paper in Trois-Rivieres, ... Read more...
Kruger cuts production at 2 Quebec mills
19 Mai 2010 19:05Kruger Inc. is cutting production at 2 Quebec mills. 440 employees will be laid off. Kruger is indefinitely ceasing production of coated and supercalendered paper at its Trois-Rivieres mill in south-central Quebec. ... Read more...
West Fraser Timber's Hinton pulp mill receives $15 million
19 Mai 2010 08:08West Fraser Timber will boost its environmental performance and contribute to a more sustainable pulp and paper industry in Canada with help from a significant investment by the Government of ... Read more...
Newfoundland and Labrador's AbitibiBowater appeal rejected
19 Mai 2010 07:22The province of Newfoundland and Labrador wanted to become a secured creditor of AbitibiBowater to ensure the company pays for the environmental cleanup of sites it once owned in the ... Read more...
Wondering about AbitibiBowater's first quarterly results?
18 Mai 2010 19:57Wondering how AbitibiBowater did in their first quarter of 2010? And why you haven't see the results yet? AbitibiBowater filed a Form NT 10-Q today - a filing that is used ... Read more...
Truce declared - Forest industry and environmental groups reach deal
18 Mai 2010 12:11Love it or hate hate, the Canadian forest industry has agreed to a deal with environmentalists. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Deal details: logging will be suspended in 29 million ha ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater closes Gatineau mill
17 Mai 2010 18:42AbitibiBowater has announced its intention to indefinitely close its Gatineau, Quebec mill. 500 employees will be out of work. "Workers in Gatineau have been abandoned by their federal government and betrayed ... Read more...
Eastern Canada pulp and paper workers decide pattern for industry bargaining
16 Mai 2010 16:49The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union Eastern Canadian Pulp and Paper caucus has determined the terms of a five-year pattern agreement for the eastern industry that interprets the AbitibiBowater agreement ... Read more...
Loggers and environmentalists - about to declare truce?
14 Mai 2010 08:15Environmentalists want areas of the boreal forest protected from logging. Forest companies want the environmentalists to stop the anti-forestry marketing campaigns against their company. This week both sides come together ... Read more...
Ainsworth posts net earnings of $15.7 million
14 Mai 2010 07:37Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. has reported a net income of $15.7 million in its first quarter compared to a net loss of $34.0 million in the first quarter of 2009. Ainsworth President and ... Read more...
Fraser Papers' 2009 Results
13 Mai 2010 16:43Fraser Papers Inc. has reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009. As a result of the sale of Fraser Papers' specialty papers assets to Twin Rivers Paper Company Inc. ... Read more...
Quarterly results catch-up
13 Mai 2010 07:32Additional recently reported quarterly results: Cascades Inc. - Broke even in its first quarter. Read details Sino-Forest Corporation - Net income rose by 86% in its first quarter to $42.8 million. Read ... Read more...
Swedish FSC SLIMF Standard for Forest Certification approved
12 Mai 2010 09:58The FSC Director General has delivered a positive approval decision for the "Swedish FSC SLIMF Standard for Forest Certification”. The approval of the Swedish SLIMF (Small and Low Intensity Managed ... Read more...
Proposed legislation will protect logging contractors
12 Mai 2010 09:17British Columbia is proposing a new Forestry Service Providers Act to replace the Woodworker Lien Act. In 2007, when Pope & Talbot went under, logging contractors suffered without payment for their services. ... Read more...
Claims against AbitibiBowater now tally $35.5 billion
11 Mai 2010 18:00AbitibiBowater has just released the latest report by its court appointed creditor protection monitor, Ernst & Young Inc. To date, the monitor has tallied 7,423 claims against AbitibiBowater for a total of $35,541,044,692. ... Read more...
Canfor announces restart of Quesnel sawmill
11 Mai 2010 06:59Canfor Corporation has announced that it will be restarting operations at its Quesnel sawmill in June. The decision to restart operations in Quesnel comes as a result of the Canfor's ... Read more...
Half a million acres of Indiana Forest Land become FSC certified
11 Mai 2010 04:29The US State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) obtains FSC Forest Management (FM) certification for 528,332 acres of Indiana forests – 10,000 of which are High Conservation Value Forests.... Read more...
Eastern Canada workers vote 63% in favour of AbitibiBowater collective agreement
10 Mai 2010 18:05AbitibiBowater's unionized employees in Eastern Canada, represented by the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), have voted 63% in favour of their proposed collective agreement. The new agreement carries ... Read more...
World's first FSC certificate for African Blackwood awarded to Hanson Clarinets
10 Mai 2010 09:00The UK's largest clarinet manufacturer Hanson Clarinets is awarded the world's first FSC Chain of Custody (CoC) certificate for African Blackwood. Hanson Clarinets expects to launch the world's first FSC-certified ... Read more...
Canfor sells Uneeda Wood Products
10 Mai 2010 07:02Canfor is selling its Uneeda Wood Products mill to BID Group of Companies. Uneeda Wood Products employs about 100 people in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The mill is excited to return to ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater investigates power generation in Thunder Bay
07 Mai 2010 07:31With $51 million, AbitibiBowater believes it could produce more than 60% of its own power at its Thunder Bay, Ontario mill by installing a condensing turbine, associated generator and cooling tower to ... Read more...
Newfoundland and Labrador appeal AbitibiBowater environmental warning
07 Mai 2010 07:25The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is appealing the recent ruling by Quebec Justice Clement Gascon, who ruled in favour of AbitibiBowater when the province asked for the company to ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper ends tax feud
07 Mai 2010 07:07This week Catalyst Paper abandoned its appeal of the British Columbia Supreme Court decision in which Mr. Justice Voith upheld the legal validity of the City of Port Alberni’s 2009 ... Read more...
Reopening of the Ear Falls sawmill "imminent"
05 Mai 2010 18:50Rick Doman, President and CEO of Eacom Timber Corporation, talked recently with the Dryden Observer about the future of the idled Ear Falls, Ontario sawmill. Eacom Timber recently acquired the ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater Files Framework for Plan of Reorganization
04 Mai 2010 18:55AbitibiBowater Inc. has announced that the Company and certain of its U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries, currently under creditor protection, have filed with courts in Canada and the United States ... Read more...
Cascades Canada pleads guilty to discharging contaminate
03 Mai 2010 20:50In August of 2008, charges were laid against Cascades Canada, owner of the Norampac Paper mill in Trenton, Ontario for discharging a "black particulate". Today Cascades Canada plead guilty to two ... Read more...
Marathon, there are PCBs in the groundwater, but there is no risk to your drinking water
30 Avril 2010 20:31The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has found high levels of PCBs in the groundwater on the old Marathon Pulp mill site. However, officials from the Ministry are saying there ... Read more...
Workshop sets the ground for Ecosystem Services Project
30 Avril 2010 10:27FSC recently initiated the preparatory phase of a new project designed to test FSC forest management certification for ecosystem services, entitled “Expanding FSC certification at the landscape level through ... Read more...
Earth Day founder highlights reliability of FSC standards
30 Avril 2010 09:53Earth Day founder and recognized leader on conservation policy Denis Hayes cautions the U.S. Green Building Council not to let its prestigious Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ... Read more...
Dontar posts quarterly net earnings of $58 million
30 Avril 2010 08:01Domtar Corporation has posted their preliminary first quarter results showing net earnings of $58 million compared to net earnings of $124 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 and a net loss of $45 ... Read more...
Domtar posts quarterly net earnings of $58 million
30 Avril 2010 08:01Domtar Corporation has posted their preliminary first quarter results showing net earnings of $58 million compared to net earnings of $124 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 and a net loss of $45 ... Read more...
New FSC publications available online
30 Avril 2010 06:03FSC has released three new publications to promote understanding of the FSC system. Available online, the publications provide stakeholders with useful resources to work with FSC and highlight the impacts ... Read more...
Government of Canada Supporting Competitive Forest Sector at Home and Abroad
29 Avril 2010 10:19The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Natural Resources, has announced $2.8 million in funding to expand domestic and overseas market initiatives for Quebec’s forest industry. In his keynote speech at ... Read more...
Canfor posts a quarterly net income of $32.5 million
29 Avril 2010 09:01Canfor Corporation has reported total net income of $32.5 million for the first quarter of 2010, compared to a net loss of $9.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 and a net loss ... Read more...
Renewable Electricity Plan concerns Forest Industry
28 Avril 2010 09:58Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS) has concerns with Nova Scotia's new Renewable Electricity Plan released on Friday (April 23rd) by the provincial government (.pdf). FPANS has long been ... Read more...
Buchanan Forest Products requests more time to restart the Terrace Bay Pulp mill
27 Avril 2010 19:43Buchanan Forest Products is asking the court for a 60 day extension before restarting the Terrace Bay Pulp mill. "Last year we negotiated a term sheet with the province for a $25 ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper to appeal tax ruling to Supreme Court of Canada
27 Avril 2010 07:37Catalyst Paper will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, following dismissal of its appeal concerning the North Cowichan 2009 tax bylaw by the Court of Appeal for ... Read more...
Aerial gypsy moth spay program in Richmond, B.C.
27 Avril 2010 07:28A gypsy moth aerial spray program is beginning in Richmond, British Columbia this week with hopes of killing off a infestation of gypsy moths. Foray 48R will be sprayed from ... Read more...
Aerial gypsy moth spray program in Richmond, B.C.
27 Avril 2010 07:28A gypsy moth aerial spray program is beginning in Richmond, British Columbia this week with hopes of killing off a infestation of gypsy moths. Foray 48R will be sprayed from ... Read more...
Rio Tinto Alcan is interested in AbitibiBowater's former Saguenay mill site
26 Avril 2010 19:31Rio Tinto Alcan, an aluminum company, is interested in AbitibiBowater's former Port Alfred paper mill site in Saguenay, Quebec. AbitibiBowater is seeking approval of the bankruptcy court to sell the ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater's ratification vote begins
26 Avril 2010 19:00Over the next two weeks, more than 4,000 workers in Eastern Canada will have their chance to vote on a tentative deal reached between AbitibiBowater and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers ... Read more...
Clearcutting numbers down in Nova Scotia
26 Avril 2010 17:55A recent study of the numbers by Forest Products Association of Nova Scotia (FPANS) has revealed that clearcutting use in the province’s forest industry is way down. Actually, it ... Read more...
Harmac decides to pay $2 million in back taxes
24 Avril 2010 19:52Nanaimo Forest Products, owner of the Harmac pulp mill, has decided to pay $2 million of its 2009 property taxes to Nanaimo. The board of the company decided that a provincial appeal ... Read more...
Court rejects Catalyst Paper's tax compaint
24 Avril 2010 19:09A British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected Catalyst Paper's tax rate complaint against the District of North Cowichan. Catalyst Paper feels the corporate tax rate for its Crofton mill ... Read more...
Nanaimo's mayor doesn't like special deals
24 Avril 2010 19:02Nanaimo's mayor, John Ruttan, does not think it is likely the city will charge Harmac's pulp mill a lower municipal tax rate in exchange for access to the mill's plentiful ... Read more...
Interfor posts quarterly loss of $3.4 million - plans to reopen Castlegar
24 Avril 2010 18:47Interfor Forest Products Ltd. may reopen its Castlegar mill on a reduced basis as early as July because of the increases in lumber pricing and demand. Interfor posted a net ... Read more...
West Fraser posts a profit of $19 million
24 Avril 2010 18:39West Fraser Timber has posted a profit of $19 million in its first quarter ($0.45 a share). West Fraser Timber owes its profit to rebounding lumber prices. The company warned that prices ... Read more...
Water bomber crashed in N.B. killing pilot
24 Avril 2010 16:00Pilot Ron Clowes was killed yesterday when the water bomber he was flying crashed shortly after takeoff near the Miramichi, New Brunswick airport. The water bomber, a 60 year old TBM ... Read more...
Newfoundland says it didn't mean to expropriate the paper mill
23 Avril 2010 08:13Newfoundland and Labrador rushed to expropriate AbitibiBowater's assets before the company could hold a pre-bankruptcy fire sale. The province really wanted the timber and water rights back, as well as ... Read more...
ASI welcomes a new staff member
23 Avril 2010 06:25Accreditation Services International (ASI) is pleased to welcome a new staff member to its international team. Etienne Kuzong will further the work of ASI, the independent accreditation body which delivers ... Read more...
Beaupré has court authorization to seize AbitibiBowater mill for unpaid taxes
22 Avril 2010 14:26The town of Beaupré, Quebec has received court authorization to seize and sell the assets of the AbitibiBowater mill in their town, unless AbitibiBowater pays $700,000 in overdue taxes. AbitibiBowater has ... Read more...
New project to demonstrate and evaluate satellite remote sensing technologies for FSC certification
22 Avril 2010 03:55On 1 May 2010 FSC is launching a new project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), to assess the value of satellite remote sensing technologies in the FSC certification process. The ... Read more...
Lakehead drop 'Forestry' from its faculty name
21 Avril 2010 07:42Perhaps due to a record low number of Forestry applications last year (see: Guess how many Ontario high school students applied to study Forestry this fall?), Lakehead University has decided ... Read more...
Nearly half of Ontario's forestry sector assistance funding has yet to be designated
20 Avril 2010 19:47Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath wants to know why the Ontario government has yet to distribute forestry assistance funding that was announced five years ago. Through a freedom of information ... Read more...
Fibrestick Manufacturing receives $100,000 in funding
20 Avril 2010 14:45Fibrestick Manufacturing is a small company in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario that manufactures value-added wood products. Today, the provincial government of Ontario has announced funding of $100,000 for Fibrestick Manufacturing through ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater wants to sell 4 idled mills to a scrap metal company
20 Avril 2010 12:15AbitibiBowater is seeking approval from the bankruptcy court to sell 4 paper mills in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick. AbitibiBowater believes it can recover at least $13.8 million from selling the following ... Read more...
Former Nackawic workers sue the CAW - their former union
20 Avril 2010 12:03Former workers from the St. Anne's Nackawic Pulp Co. Ltd. pulp mill in New Brunswick are suing their former union, Canadian Auto Workers Local 219 and the national CAW body for ... Read more...
Fewer tree planting jobs this year?
19 Avril 2010 19:31The Canadian Press is reporting that tree planting jobs may be scarce this year. In fact, they begin their article with "A summer job for students that has become as ... Read more...
Georgia-Pacific receives approval from Investment Canada to acquire Englehart and Earlton facilities
19 Avril 2010 14:08Georgia-Pacific has received approval from the Minister of Industry for the acquisition of Grant Forest Products' Englehart and Earlton, Ontario facilities. The Minister reviews significant foreign investments in Canada to ... Read more...
Significant Government Investments in Senneterre Power Station
19 Avril 2010 14:05Boralex Power Income Fund is pleased that its Senneterre, Québec power station project will benefit from significant investments by the federal and provincial governments. The $6 million project was developed ... Read more...
Saskatchewan reconsiders Dutch Elm Disease funding
19 Avril 2010 08:52As a follow up to an earlier story, the province of Saskatchewan has reconsidered cutting all Dutch Elm Disease funding. The government has decided to reinstate a portion of the ... Read more...
Howe Sound Pulp and Paper receives $6 million
18 Avril 2010 17:32A $6-million investment by the Government of Canada will enable Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Limited Partnership to improve its environmental performance and contribute to a more sustainable pulp and ... Read more...
Major Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco prints on FSC certified paper
16 Avril 2010 06:19Itáu Unibanco is the first financial institution in Brazil to achieve FSC Chain of Custody (FSC CoC) certification for its own print unit. With 51 tons of paper used annually, ... Read more...
Timber Retail Coalition launched to curb illegal logging
16 Avril 2010 05:49Leading European retailers Carrefour Group, Kingfisher, Marks & Spencer and IKEA launched the Timber Retail Coalition (TRC) on 6 April 2010 to ensure minimum ethical standards for all timber and wood products sold ... Read more...
New mill manager in Fort Frances and Iroquois Falls
15 Avril 2010 19:16Derrick Lindgren, the new mill manager for AbitibiBowater's Fort Frances mill, will begin his new job on Monday. Derrick Lindgren is leaving his role as the manager at AbitibiBowater's Iroquois ... Read more...
CEP signs deal with Sinar Mas regarding Mackenzie pulp mill
14 Avril 2010 09:49The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) has signed a deal with Sinar Mas (parent company of Asia Pulp and Paper) - the company that is purchasing the ... Read more...
Tetra Pak will supply over 100 million FSC-labeled packages to Carrefour stores in France
14 Avril 2010 04:31Carrefour and Tetra Pak announced on 1 April 2010 that Tetra Pak will supply more than 100 million FSC-labeled carton packages to Carrefour stores across France during 2010. Before the end of 2012, Tetra Pak ... Read more...
B.C. cuts forestry staff
13 Avril 2010 14:34The British Columbia provincial government has issued lay off notices to about 200 staff in the forests ministry. In addition, the forestry ministry field office in Prince Rupert will be closed. ... Read more...
Saskatchewan cuts Dutch Elm Disease control program
12 Avril 2010 20:55The Saskatchewan government has decided to cut its 20 year old, Dutch Elm Disease control program. The cut will save the province $500,000 a year. Dutch elm disease is a fungus spread ... Read more...
Peter Grant's unfinished mansion is for sale
12 Avril 2010 12:41Peter Grant, of Grant Forest Products, has had to put his unfinished house in Haileybury, Ontario on the market as a court-appointed sale. The house was going to be the ... Read more...
Harmac mill in Nanaimo caters to a Chinese market
11 Avril 2010 18:58The Harmac pulp mill in Nanaimo, British Columbia is selling their pulp to Chinese customers - customers who have told them they are prepared to take whatever they can produce. ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper and the city of Powell River reach a tax agreement
09 Avril 2010 20:08Catalyst Paper and the City of Powell River have inked an agreement in principle to achieve the twin objectives of reducing the Class 4 property tax rate paid by the company's ... Read more...
Buchanan wants to open more than just its Hudson mill
09 Avril 2010 06:52The Buchanan Group is indicating it wants to restart 3 of its 9 mills in Northwestern Ontario before the end of May. We had already heard of their plan to restart the ... Read more...
Domtar's Kamloops mill receives $57.6 million for environmental upgrades
09 Avril 2010 06:41Domtar's Kamloops mill is receiving $57.6 million from the federal government under the Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) for two capital improvement projects. The projects will allow the mill ... Read more...
Softwood lumber tax for western sawmills could drop on May 1st
08 Avril 2010 10:22On May 1st, it is likely that the softwood lumber tax for western Canadian sawmills will drop from 15% to 10%. The tax rate is determined using a formula based on the ... Read more...
$1 million for forest research in New Brunswick
07 Avril 2010 09:28There is a new a forest research partnership at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) called the Collaborative Research Partnership for Sustainable Forest Management, or the Forest Collaborative for short. ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper wants to reduce their labour costs by 25% - 30%
07 Avril 2010 07:23Catalyst Paper wants to roll back the labour costs at their four coastal pulp and paper mills by 25% - 30%. Richard Garneau, Catalyst Paper's president, said if the mills are to ... Read more...
30 years later, Grassy Narrows still suffering from mercury poisoning
06 Avril 2010 20:0130 years after a Dryden paper mill dumped 20,000 pounds of mercury into the Wabigoon River, with the Ontario government's permission, the people of the Grassy Narrows First Nation and Wabaseemoong (Whitedog) ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater's latest numbers
06 Avril 2010 18:04AbitibiBowater's fourth quarter losses in 2009 were $314 million, compared to $1,433 million in the fourth quarter of 2008. Sales decreased to $1,126 million from $1,617 in the fourth quarter of 2008. The decrease in sales was ... Read more...
Tembec's sale of its French mills is good news for the company
06 Avril 2010 07:13Tembec will be able to reduce its debt and better ride the current wave of rising global pulp prices by selling two of its pulp mills in France. The sale ... Read more...
Expropriating AbitibiBowater's assets in Newfoundland cost $8 million
06 Avril 2010 07:02The professional and legal fees related to the expropriation of AbitibiBowater's assets in Newfoundland have added up to over $8 million. The costs, covered by the Department of Natural Resources, includes ... Read more...
McKenzie Forest Products restarts in Hudson, Ontario
05 Avril 2010 09:52Good news in Hudson, Ontario! The McKenzie Forest Products mill will reopen on May 31st. The mill has been shut down since October 2008. 75-80 people will be employed when the ... Read more...
Nova Scotia Power and NewPage propose renewable co-generation project
05 Avril 2010 09:34Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) and NewPage Port Hawkesbury Corp. (NewPage) today announced agreements to develop a new 60 MW biomass co-generation facility. The development entails an NSPI investment of $200 million. ... Read more...
Results of the Eurocan Viability study
05 Avril 2010 07:51The Eurocan Viability Group hired Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Inc. to study and report on the viability of the Eurocan Pulp and Paper mill in Kitimat, British Columbia. The ... Read more...
SFK Pulp unveils turbogenerator project
02 Avril 2010 20:00SFK Pulp has unveiled a major turbogenerator project for their Saint-Félicien pulp mill in Québec. The project will be funded by the $20.9 million credit allocation from the Government ... Read more...
Tembec is about to sell 2 kraft pulp mills in France
02 Avril 2010 19:43Tembec's European subsidiary, Tembec SAS, is in advanced negotiations with Paper Excellence B.V. for the sale of two Kraft pulp mills located in Tarascon and Saint-Gaudens, France. As currently ... Read more...
Bowater Mersey schedules 5 weeks of downtime
01 Avril 2010 09:44Bowater Mersey in Nova Scotia has scheduled 5 more weeks of downtime. Tentatively scheduled from April 15 to May 19, the shut down is being blamed on market conditions, including the high value ... Read more...
ANOTHER chemical spill in Marathon?
01 Avril 2010 08:19Please let this be an April Fool's Joke. Thunder Bay's Chronicle Journal is reporting that another chemical spill has occurred into Lake Superior from Marathon, Ontario's dormant pulp mill. The ... Read more...
Merger between Summit Forest Products Inc. and Canadian Wood Products - Montreal Inc.
01 Avril 2010 00:00Montreal, March 16th 2010, We are pleased to announce the merger of Summit Forest Products Inc. and Canadian Wood Products – Montreal Inc. effective April 1st 2010. Our companies share similar values: ... Read more...
Fusion entre Summit Forest Products Inc. et Canadian Wood Products - Montréal Inc.
01 Avril 2010 00:00Montréal, 16 Mars 2010, Il nous fait plaisir d'annoncer la fusion entre Summit Forest Products Inc. et Canadian Wood Products – Montréal Inc. et ce, à compter du 1er Avril 2010. ... Read more...
MP tables bill to put pensions first
31 Mars 2010 20:37John Rafferty, Member of Parliament representing the riding of Thunder Bay - Rainy River in northwestern Ontario, tabled a bill that aims to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act to ... Read more...
Canadian court approves Georgia-Pacific acquisition of certain Grant Forest Products facilities
31 Mars 2010 20:11Georgia-Pacific learned today that the Canadian court overseeing the Grant Forest Products Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act case has approved Georgia-Pacific's acquisition of Grant's oriented strand board (OSB) facility at Englehart, ... Read more...
Judge dismisses Newfoundland and Labrador's environmental claims against AbitibiBowater
31 Mars 2010 20:07A Quebec Superior Judge dismissed Newfoundland and Labrador's environmental claims against AbitibiBowater. The province wanted AbitibiBowater to clean up five sites that the company owns, or had once owned. The ... Read more...
What do you think of EACOM's purchase of Domtar's wood products division?
31 Mars 2010 14:38Are you a Domtar employee? What do you think of EACOM's purchase of Domtar's wood products division? The community of Ear Falls, Ontario is excited about the news. Their Domtar ... Read more...
Kruger's Corner Brook mill saved by government help
30 Mars 2010 09:18The government of Newfoundland and Labrador revealed in their budget, that they will cover $15.4 million of costs at Kruger's Corner Brook newsprint mill. The costs include replanting and forest management ... Read more...
Catalyst responds to stronger market by restarting 2nd Crofton pulp line
30 Mars 2010 06:15Catalyst Paper has announced that it will restart the second line of pulp production at its Crofton NBSK kraft mill in early May, taking advantage of a stronger market. The ... Read more...
Domtar to sell its forest products business to EACOM
29 Mars 2010 08:43Domtar Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its forest products business to EACOM Timber Corporation for CDN$80 million plus elements of working capital estimated ... Read more...
Catalyst walks away from talks with the CEP
29 Mars 2010 07:58Catalyst Paper representatives have walked away from talks with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) on Saturday. The CEP had asked Catalyst Paper to meet with them for 3 days ... Read more...
Who's responsible for Marthon's environmental mess? We'll have to wait to find out
28 Mars 2010 19:46An environmental hearing was scheduled to begin in May to determine who is responsible for the environmental clean-up of the dormant pulp mill in Marathon, Ontario. Tembec, who co-owned the ... Read more...
Strathlorne forest nursery lays off 4
26 Mars 2010 13:08Four seasonal workers at the provincial Strathlorne forest nursery in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia had to be laid off recently due to the low sales for tree seedlings. The nursery ... Read more...
Georgia-Pacific one step closer to closing purchase of some Grant Forest Products facilities
26 Mars 2010 11:57Georgia-Pacific moved one step closer to completing its acquisition of Grant Forest Products' oriented strand board (OSB) facility at Englehart, Ontario, the associated facility at Earlton, Ontario, and OSB facilities ... Read more...
Court approves sale of AbitibiBowater's Mackenzie, B.C. assets to Conifex
26 Mars 2010 10:05A Quebec court has approved of the sale of AbitibiBowater's newsprint mill, planer, sawmill, and timber rights in Mackenzie, British Columbia, to Conifex. Some conditions still apply to the sale, ... Read more...
Northern Ontario pulp mills could get energy rebate... if they were still operating...
26 Mars 2010 07:50Yesterday's Ontario provincial budget is providing an energy rebate to large industrial facilities in Northern Ontario. The plan is a three-year program that will provide electricity rebates of $150 million a ... Read more...
Free Offer: Pulp & Paper International
26 Mars 2010 07:42Pulp & Paper International (PPI) is the leading magazine for pulp, paper and paperboard manufacturers in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. It offers the most ... Read more...
Grant Forest Products puts Timmins OSB mill up for sale
26 Mars 2010 07:28Grant Forest Products has put its Timmins, Ontario oriented strand board (OSB) mill up for sale. Last June, Grant Forest Products applied for creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement ... Read more...
Steelworkers will initiate private prosecution against Weyerhaeuser for the death of a sawmill worker in 2004
25 Mars 2010 08:29The United Steelworkers will be launching a private prosecution in the Westminster Provincial Courthouse in British Columba today, alleging that the Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. was criminally negligent in the death ... Read more...
PRT reports a net loss of $1.8 million in 2009
25 Mars 2010 07:40PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund has reported operating earnings of $2,555,000 and net losses of $1,829,000 ($0.19 per unit) as compared to operating earnings of $4,093,000 and net losses of $23,191,000 ($2.41 per unit) in 2008. Net ... Read more...
Inquest investigates death of skidder operator in B.C.
24 Mars 2010 08:07Most people who log have rolled a skidder sometime in their life, but the skidder roll that claimed the life of logger Francis Tucker in 2007 was no ordinary roll. An ... Read more...
West Fraser Timer granted permission to buy tree farm and forest license
24 Mars 2010 07:31The province of British Columbia has given permission for West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. to purchase a tree farm and forest license in the Kamloops Timber Supply Area. West Fraser ... Read more...
Lumber exports to China grow
23 Mars 2010 07:32British Columbia's lumber exports to China grew at a record pace in 2009. Lumber exports to China hit 1.63 million board feet in 2009, more than twice the volume shipped in 2008. Those exports ... Read more...
Workers closing in on deal to purchase the Pine Falls mill
23 Mars 2010 07:29A group of former workers of the idled Tembec paper mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba are closing in on a deal to take over the mill. Tembec wants a deal ... Read more...
Atlantic Packaging Products closes newsprint recycling plant in Whitby
19 Mars 2010 12:33Atlantic Packaging Products has decided to close its recycled newsprint plant in Whitby, Ontario. The closure is being blamed on a drastic decline in demand in North America, the rising ... Read more...
CEP meeting with Asia Pacific next week about Worthington Mackenzie mill
19 Mars 2010 07:50Jim Britton, the Western Region Vice President of CEP, said his union is meeting with officials from Asia Pacific next week. The two parties are interested in reaching a deal ... Read more...
Kruger's mill managers in Corner Brook refuse bonuses
19 Mars 2010 06:09The mill managers at Kruger's paper mill in Corner Brook, Newfoundland do not want to accept all of their bonuses until the wages of their staff increase. The managers left 60% ... Read more...
Fortress Paper agrees to acquire Thurso mill from Fraser Papers
19 Mars 2010 06:04Fortress Paper has signed an agreement to purchase the Thurso northern bleached hardwood kraft mill from Fraser Papers. Fortress Paper plans to convert the operation into a world class, low ... Read more...
Kapuskasing's town workers freeze their own wages in support of mill workers
18 Mars 2010 19:04The members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in Kapuskasing, Ontario - Local 369 - have preempted their upcoming contract negotiation by voting to freeze their own wages for a ... Read more...
Ainsworth suing 100 Mile House over taxes
18 Mars 2010 09:48Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. has filed suit against the District of 100 Mile House as a protest against its taxes. Ainsworth is claiming the tax rates are illegal because they are ... Read more...
Timberwest posts 2009 results
18 Mars 2010 08:02TimberWest is reporting that 2009 was its worst year on record for the company. Sales were $318.4 million in 2007, $163.7 million in 2008, and $150.3 million in 2009. TimberWest is reported a net loss of $55.4 million ... Read more...
Western Forest Products Enters Into Letter of Intent With Capital Regional District
17 Mars 2010 20:22Western Forest Products Inc. has announced that it has entered in a non-binding letter of intent with the Capital Regional District of Victoria, British Columbia for the sale of certain ... Read more...
What we know about the status of St. Marys Paper
17 Mars 2010 09:02Here are the latest facts coming from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario concerning the recent "indefinite shutdown" of St. Marys Paper. The boilers were shut down. The equipment in the mill ... Read more...
Conifex buys AbitibiBowater's sawmill in Mackenzie, B.C.
17 Mars 2010 07:12Opinion 250 News is reporting that Conifex has purchased the AbitibiBowater sawmill and planer mill in Mackenzie, B.C. Since last October, the mill has only been running 1 shift with an ... Read more...
Tolko will now plan to harvest without snow cover in the Brown's Creek Watershed
16 Mars 2010 19:40Tolko had originally planned to log in the Brown's Creek Watershed during the winter, but a road blockade by the Okanagan Indian Band prevented the company from accessing the area ... Read more...
NewPage to Purchase Domtar Coated Groundwood Product Lines
16 Mars 2010 19:26NewPage Corporation (NewPage) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Domtar Corporation to purchase Domtar's coated groundwood paper product lines and book of business. The purchase follows Domtar's ... Read more...
Interfor completes purchase of timber tenure in the Kamloops region
16 Mars 2010 07:05International Forest Products Limited (Interfor) has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a timber tenure in the Kamloops Region from Weyerhaeuser Company Limited following an extended period of ... Read more...
Tentative deal between AbitibiBowater and Quebec Federation of Labour
14 Mars 2010 17:52AbitibiBowater has reached a tentative agreement with the Quebec Federation of Labour. The agreement took 9 days of negotiations to hammer out. The details have not been released, but do include ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater downtime in Iroquois Falls - 2 weeks
12 Mars 2010 11:43AbitibiBowater is shutting down 2 paper machines at its Iroquois Falls, Ontario mill for 2 weeks. Paper machine #1 and #8 will be shut down on March 21st and they are scheduled to be ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper trims loss to just $4.4 million in 2009
12 Mars 2010 08:01Catalyst Paper is saying that their "extraordinary cost reduction measures" allowed them to trim their company's losses for 2009, to just $4.4 million - down from a loss of $220 million in 2008. "We ... Read more...
Concern over AbitibiBowater's plan to sell off Northern Ontario dams
11 Mars 2010 19:43The Ontario NDP Party raised the issue of AbitibiBowater's desire to sell off its dams in Northern Ontario in the legislature today. NDP members told the legislature that the dams ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater indefinitely idles paper machine at Thorold
11 Mars 2010 09:46AbitibiBowater is planning to indefinitely idle one of the two paper machines at its Thorold South facility in Ontario. 100 people will be laid off. The machine will be idled on ... Read more...
United Steelworkers have ratified a 4 year agreeement with Canfor
10 Mars 2010 07:18United Steelworkers (USW) members employed by Canfor in 15 operations in the BC northern and southern interior regions have ratified a four-year collective agreement, retroactive to June 30, 2009. Members in USW Locals 1... Read more...
Catalyst Paper proposes a plan that will see the Elk Falls paper mill restart
10 Mars 2010 07:11Catalyst Paper has announced that it resubmitted a proposal to the union that could allow for the restart of the Elk Falls paper mill at a labour cost, all in, ... Read more...
Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo may move to Harmac site
09 Mars 2010 10:10Western Forest Products currently leases land from the Nanaimo Port Authority for its downtown mill. The mill has been closed for a year. Talks are now underway that may see ... Read more...
Fraser Papers Announces Name for the New Specialty Papers Business: Twin Rivers Paper Company
09 Mars 2010 09:14Fraser Papers Inc. has announced that the specialty papers business, to emerge from creditor protection under the company's restructuring proposal, will be named "Twin Rivers Paper Company". The new specialty ... Read more...
St. Marys Papers lays off 300, production indefinitely curtailed
08 Mars 2010 18:15St. Marys Paper Corp. plans to curtail production of specialty Supercalendered paper grades on paper machine #5 at its groundwood pulp and paper mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario for an ... Read more...
Fraser Papers' workers in Edmundston ratify pension deal
08 Mars 2010 11:18CEP members at Fraser Papers' Edmundston mill have voted 69.3% to ratify an agreement to change the pension plan and complete the conditions required for the company to restructure and emerge ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater and the CEP reach an agreement
07 Mars 2010 12:34After arduous negotiations, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) has agreed to a tentative agreement with AbitibiBowater to renew the collective agreement. This deal fulfills an essential ... Read more...
Prince George Pulp moves into maintenance mode
06 Mars 2010 21:22A leak was discovered in the recovery boiler of the Prince George Pulp and Paper mill recently that has forced the company to immediately begin their maintenance downtime that was ... Read more...
CEP doesn't like today's budget - it does nothing for forest workers or pensioners
04 Mars 2010 18:58"All political parties should vote to bring this government down now," says Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union President Dave Coles in reaction to today's budget. "Yet another budget, filled with ... Read more...
Western Forest Products reports quarterly net loss of $3.1 million
04 Mars 2010 07:23Western Forest Products has posted a net quarterly loss of $3.1 million for its fourth quarter of 2009, on sales of $139.3 million. Over the entire year of 2009, Western Forest Products posted a ... Read more...
Tourism operators pleased Northern Pulp will reduce their stink
03 Mars 2010 07:53Northern Pulp in Nova Scotia has decided to invest $5 million in new equipment that reduce their pulp mill smell from impacting the tourism operators in the town of Pictou. The ... Read more...
Transport Union strike in Finland will close UPM mills
03 Mars 2010 07:33Due to a strike by the Finnish Transport Worker's Union, UPM's paper mills in Finland are expected to close within the week. The strike is preventing the transportation of raw ... Read more...
Will the earthquake in Chile shake up the pulp supply and drive up prices?
03 Mars 2010 07:29The deadly earthquake in Chile over the weekend resulted in the temporary shutdown of about 4.5 million metric tonnes/year of market pulp capacity. Chilean pulp mills have temporary closed due ... Read more...
FSC Market and Policy Analysis - Surveys online until 22nd of March
02 Mars 2010 02:24Starting on February 24th, the FSC Policy and Standards Unit has launched a market and policy analysis by means of online questionnaires for certificate holders and market experts. The purpose ... Read more...
Nova Scotia loans $75 to Northern Pulp to purchase land
01 Mars 2010 10:50Nova Scotia is loaning $75 million to help Northern Pulp purchase 475,000 acres of land. The land will be purchased from Neenah Paper and will ensure a wood supply to the Abercrombie, ... Read more...
Tolko won court order, but will the roadblock come down?
01 Mars 2010 08:13On Friday, the British Columbia Supreme Court issued an order for the Okanagan Indian Band to remove their roadblock. Tolko Industries haven't been able to log in the Brown's Creek ... Read more...
Sap is flowing in Cape Breton already
01 Mars 2010 08:01The mild weather has sap flowing in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia for two weeks already. Paul MacKenzie, of Highland Gold Maple Products, said he knew something was up in January ... Read more...
Ainsworth reports a net loss of $12.4 in their fourth quarter
26 Février 2010 08:43Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. has released its 2009 fourth quarter and year end results. In their fourth quarter, Ainsworth recorded a net loss of $12.4 million, compared to a net loss of $156.7 ... Read more...
Peter Grant opens up about the sale of Grant Forest Products
26 Février 2010 08:09Peter Grant, head of Grant Forest Products, spoke to Northern News about the sale of parts of his company to Georgia-Pacific. Grant very much wants Grant Forest Products to retain ... Read more...
Chemical clean up is almost complete in Marathon
26 Février 2010 07:16Tembec officials, as the former operators of the Marathon Pulp mill in Ontario, say their winter contingency plans are reaching their final stages. 1.4 million litres of black liquor have been ... Read more...
Government of Canada Invests $40 Million in Celgar's Green Energy Project
25 Février 2010 14:51A $40-million investment by the Government of Canada will enable one of Canada’s largest and most modern kraft pulp mills to generate clean, green energy from forest biomass. Colin ... Read more...
15 layoffs at Kruger in Corner Brook, Newfoundland
25 Février 2010 14:47Fifteen people have been laid off in Corner Brook at Kruger's paper mill. All 15 are said to have been non-unionized managers. Earlier this month, the unionized workers voted to accept ... Read more...
Tolko curtails Armstrong sawmill due to log shortage
25 Février 2010 10:52The record warm temperatures that have covered British Columbia this winter are forcing unseasonal closures to many harvest areas. This, combined with an ongoing legal dispute with the Okanagan Indian ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater Files NAFTA Notice of Arbitration Seeks C$500 Million Compensation for Expropriation of Assets in Canada
25 Février 2010 09:03AbitibiBowater today filed a Notice of Arbitration under the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") with regards to the expropriation of its assets and rights in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ... Read more...
White Birch Paper Company to Restructure Debt
24 Février 2010 20:50The White Birch Paper Company and its subsidiaries have announced that they have sought creditor protection in Canada under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act to preserve and maximize the value ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater Receives Court Orders to Call for Employee and Other Creditor Claims
24 Février 2010 11:58AbitibiBowater announced today the Company has received approval for a process to call for employee and other specified creditor claims (the "Second Claims Process") by the Quebec Superior Court in ... Read more...
Restructuring of AbitibiBowater could be hampered by environmental claims in Newfoundland & Labrador
23 Février 2010 21:33The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued 5 ministerial environmental claims that order AbitibiBowater to clean several sites. Some of these sites are still owned by AbitibiBowater but are not ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater has prospective buyer for Mackenzie, BC mills
23 Février 2010 20:39AbitibiBowater is in "advanced discussions" with a potential buyer for its two sawmills, and possibly its pulp and paper mill, in Mackenzie, British Columbia. The Mackenzie Pulp and Paper mill ... Read more...
Fire at AbitibiBowater's Dalhousie paper mill
23 Février 2010 20:07There was a fire at the closed AbitibiBowater paper mill in Dalhousie, New Brunswick earlier this week. Thick black smoke could be seen bellowing from the mill on the morning ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp receives extension to creditor protection
23 Février 2010 19:40Terrace Bay Pulp received an extension to its creditor protection today. The company now has protection from its creditors until April 30th, 2010. Today in the Superior Court of Justice, documents ... Read more...
Ball Packaging must help cover costs at Marathon Pulp
22 Février 2010 21:11As a former owner of Marathon Pulp, Ball Packaging is now among the companies that will share responsibility for the environment clean up in Marathon, Ontario. The Ministry of the ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater marks 3 inactive sawmills in Quebec for sale
22 Février 2010 20:35In hopes of someday emerging from bankruptcy protection, AbitibiBowater has put 3 inactive sawmills in Quebec up for sale. The three sawmills are: Roberval Saint-Fulgence Lebel-sur-Quévillon Because AbitibiBowater is operating ... Read more...
Okanagan Band sets up blockade to prevent Tolko's logging
22 Février 2010 20:22The Okanagan Indian Band set up a blockade this morning near the Brown's Creek Watershed to prevent Tolko Industries from moving logging equipment into the area. Chief Fabian Alexis said ... Read more...
United Steelworkers reach tentative deal with Canfor
22 Février 2010 07:22The United Steelworkers are calling their tentative deal with Canfor, 'unprecedented' in the history of collective bargaining in the B.C. forest industry. Bob Matters, Chair of the United Steelworkers ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp update
19 Février 2010 12:07Workers for Terrace Bay Pulp in Ontario have been waiting a year now to see if their mill will be able to reopen. The workers will have to wait at ... Read more...
Maritime Lumber Bureau dismisses U.S. complaint
19 Février 2010 09:21The Maritime Lumber Bureau dismissed a complaint this week from the U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports concerning aid the New Brunswick government gave to Miramichi Lumber Products. The ... Read more...
NewPage reports net loss of $55 million in its fourth quarter
18 Février 2010 09:21NewPage Corporation has reported a net loss of $55 in its fourth quarter of 2009 on net sales of $857 million. For the full year 2009, net loss attributable to the company was $308 million, ... Read more...
Mackenzie pulp mill attracts interest of Sinar Mas again
18 Février 2010 07:37Sinar Mas, the parent company of Asia Pulp & Paper, is taking a second look at the Mackenzie pulp mill. The mill is now under the control of the Mackenzie Pulp ... Read more...
Okanagan Indian Band off-limits for Tolko's vehicles
17 Février 2010 09:16Tolko Industries has won a court decision to allow the company to log in Browns Creek on the west side of Okanagan Lake. But now Tolko will need to find ... Read more...
Domtar's stock price on an "incredible run"
17 Février 2010 09:07Since reaching a low last March of $7.80, Domtar's stock price has soared to around $54. The stock has lost a little air since topping $62 in December, but its current range ranks ... Read more...
Kenora Forest Products gets grant to look into biomass
16 Février 2010 09:53The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is giving Kenora Forest Products a grant of $25,000. The company will use the money to conduct a feasibility study to look at the idea of ... Read more...
West Fraser Timber posts quarterly net loss of $20 million
14 Février 2010 10:26West Fraser Timber has posted a net loss of $20 million in its fourth quarter on sales of $647 million. 2010 is expected to be another challenging year for West Fraser's lumber and ... Read more...
New staff members join the FSC team
12 Février 2010 11:35FSC is pleased to announce that three new staff members have joined its growing international team. Mr. Richard Robertson and Mr. Gregory Jean joined the Policy & Standards Unit on 18 January 2010 ... Read more...
Fraser Papers, Brookfield meet union on pensions
12 Février 2010 10:05At this hour, Fraser Papers, Brookfield Asset Management, and the Government of New Brunswick are meeting with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada in Toronto. The meeting follows ... Read more...
Interfor's results continue to improve, but still post net loss of $5 million
12 Février 2010 08:18Interfor, International Forest Products Limited, have posted a net loss of $5.0 million in its fourth quarter of 2009. These results can be compared to a net loss of $7.5 milliion in Interfor's ... Read more...
New Advice Note clarifies conditions and benefits of contract work provided by FSC certified CoC contractors
11 Février 2010 03:37The FSC Policy and Standards Unit has released a new Advice Note (FSC-ADV-40-017) that details the benefits and implications of contract work being provided by FSC certified Chain of ... Read more...
Canfor posts net quarterly loss of $17 million
10 Février 2010 20:09Canfor has reported a net loss of $17 million in their fourth quarter of 2009. The loss can be compared to a net loss of $5.2 million for the third quarter of 2009 and ... Read more...
Tembec restructuring in Temiscaming
10 Février 2010 09:26Tembec is restructuring its operations at its Temiscaming mill in an effort to save money and remain competitive. "It is no secret that the forest products industry is in a ... Read more...
Lakehead University seeks $36 million for forest research facility
10 Février 2010 07:24Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario is seeking $36 million from Ontario's provincial government to build a new forest research facility. The new facility would be called, "Biofor". It would be ... Read more...
Fraser Papers workers agree to pay cut
09 Février 2010 15:04Fraser Paper's unionized workers at the Madawaska paper mill in Maine have agreed to a 8.5% wage cut. The new three-year labour agreement was ratified by United Steelworkers Locals 291, 365 and 1247. "The ... Read more...
Collaboration strengthened between FSC and China
09 Février 2010 10:54The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Accreditation Services International (ASI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA).... Read more...
Weaver elected to Louisiana-Pacific's Board of Directors
09 Février 2010 07:27John W. Weaver, former executive chairman of AbitibiBowater, has been elected to Louisiana-Pacific's board of directors. Weaver is the former executive chairman of AbitiBowater Inc. He served as president and ... Read more...
Chemicals have congealed at Marathon Pulp
06 Février 2010 08:12The clean-up at Marathon Pulp in Ontario will now have to wait until the spring. 1.4 million litres have been trucked to AbitibiBowater's mill in Fort Frances, and to the Clean ... Read more...
Corner Brook workers agree to wage deferral
05 Février 2010 12:48All 8 of the unions at Corner Book Pulp and Paper in Newfoundland have voted in favour of a wage deferral request from Kruger Inc. Kruger asked the unionized workers to ... Read more...
Closed Grand Falls-Windsor mill now in provincial custody
05 Février 2010 12:37The provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador has assumed custody and management of the former pulp and paper mill and property in Grand Falls-Windsor, as well as Grand Falls House ... Read more...
Tolko president steps down
05 Février 2010 07:40Tolko president, Al Thorlakson, stepped down yesterday. Thorlakson is one of the richest lumberman in the country. Thorlakson took over as president from his father who formed the company over 50 ... Read more...
Pine Falls workers refuse to support former employee's bid for the mill
05 Février 2010 07:32The workers of the idled Tembec newsprint mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba have refused to support a former employee's bid to buy the mill. On January 14th, J.P. Bradette, ... Read more...
FSC welcomes Mayor of Bonn at the FSC International Center
05 Février 2010 04:09Mayor of Bonn Mr. Jürgen Nimptsch visited the FSC International Center in Bonn, Germany on 29 January 2009. The visit provided an opportunity for the recently-elected Mayor to learn about responsible ... Read more...
PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund announces receipt of insurance cash settlement
04 Février 2010 18:47PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund today announced receipt of $4.6 million in insurance proceeds as cash settlement for damages to greenhouses resulting from an unusually heavy snowfall in December 2008, as previously ... Read more...
Bowater Mersey is back to full capacity
04 Février 2010 13:39The Bowater Mersey paper mill in Queens County, Nova Scotia, has returned to full capacity. Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada that represents 258 workers ... Read more...
Domtar reports quarterly net earnings of $124 million
04 Février 2010 08:51Domtar is reporting a quarterly net profit of $124 million in its 4th quarter of 2009. In comparison, Domtar reported a net loss of $676 million in its 4th quarter of 2008. In the 4... Read more...
World's first FSC certified African Blackwood generates new income for Tanzanian community
04 Février 2010 05:40Kikole village in Tanzania has sold the world's first harvest of FSC certified African Blackwood, intended for woodwind instruments in the UK. FSC certification has enabled the community to realize ... Read more...
SIG completes FSC certification for all packaging sites
04 Février 2010 05:30The carton pack manufacturer SIG Combibloc has achieved FSC certification for all of its production sites and sales organizations worldwide. The company can now offer its international customers carton packs ... Read more...
Registered Professional Foresters Association of Nova Scotia files complaint
03 Février 2010 10:25Jamie Simpson, forestry program coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre has been an outspoken critic of the some controversial biomass harvesting methods carried out in Nova Scotia. Simpson's photograph of ... Read more...
International Paper reports net loss of $101 million in their 4th quarter
03 Février 2010 07:16International Paper has reported their preliminary full year, 2009 net earnings, along with their 4th quarter results. 2009 - net earning of $663 million 2008 - net loss of $1.3 billion In the fourth quarter ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater subsidiary files for bankruptcy in the UK
02 Février 2010 19:41AbitibiBowater's UK subsidiary, Bridgewater Paper Co Ltd (BPCL), has filed for administration (a form of bankruptcy in the UK, similar to a Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act filing in Canada or ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater restarts #5 in Thunder Bay
01 Février 2010 19:33AbitibiBowater is restarting its #5 paper machine in Thunder Bay, Ontario this week. The paper machine has been down for 6 months. The restart has brought 177 people back to work. The first ... Read more...
Future of Forestry lies in diversification
01 Février 2010 12:02The Forest Products Association of Canada released a report today that looks at the future of forestry in Canada. Avrim Lazar, president of the association, said the forest industry needs ... Read more...
Chinese company buys into Port Alice's Neucel Specialty Cellulose
31 Janvier 2010 13:23Zhejian Fulida Ltd., China's largest producer of rayon fibre, has bought an ownership stake in Port Alice's Neucel Specialty Cellulose. The deal will inject new capital and ownership into the ... Read more...
Kapuskasing workers accept a 10% wage reduction
31 Janvier 2010 11:29The unions at Tembec's Kapuskasing mill have voted to accept a 10% reduction in wages. In the release, Coalition Leader Bob Pellow stated that the deal, which the press release called ... Read more...
Norbord posts quarterly loss of $11 million
29 Janvier 2010 14:41Norbord Inc. has posted a quarterly result of $11 million. The loss in the final three months of the year was 63 per cent below the US$30 million loss reported in the ... Read more...
Meeting in Bangkok advances FSC's exploration of forest carbon
29 Janvier 2010 11:41On 19-21 January 2010, the FSC Forest Carbon Working Group met in Bangkok to discuss upcoming priorities and provide input to the ongoing review of the FSC Principles and Criteria. The ... Read more...
FSC extends consultation period for draft Congo Basin Standard
29 Janvier 2010 03:32FSC has extended the consultation period for the draft Congo Basin Sub-Regional Standard and invites all interested stakeholders to submit their comments before 15 March 2010. ... Read more...
Kruger is extending the shutdown of PM#3 in Trois-Rivieres
28 Janvier 2010 10:36Kruger Inc. is extending the shutdown of the #3 paper machine at its Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières, Quebec for a period of five weeks starting February 23rd. The machine was ... Read more...
Tembec reports net loss of $9 million
28 Janvier 2010 09:42Tembec has reported a net loss of $9 million in its latest quarter on consolidated sales of $412 million. Sales were down this quarter - from $511 million in the comparable period of ... Read more...
Half of UK timber and panel market now FSC certified
28 Janvier 2010 09:39The proportion of all timber and panel products produced in and imported to the UK that is FSC certified surpassed the 50% mark in 2008, according to a recent report by the ... Read more...
Fraser Papers Proceeds With Finalizing Sale of Specialty Papers Business
28 Janvier 2010 08:02Fraser Papers Inc. has announced that, following the extended deadline of January 26, 2010, it had received no additional offers to purchase the Company's specialty papers business under the court supervised sale ... Read more...
Catalyst announces departure of Chief Executive Officer
26 Janvier 2010 07:18Catalyst Paper has announced that Richard Garneau, the company's chief executive officer, will be leaving the company on April 28, 2010, following the company's annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. Garneau advised the ... Read more...
Voting begins today at Kruger in Corner Brook
25 Janvier 2010 10:57Today the unionized workers at Kruger's newsprint mill in Corner Brook, Newfoundland will vote on a proposed deal that could see employees accept a 10% cut in pay and possible other ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater & CEP will resume negotiations in March
24 Janvier 2010 18:09Last week negotiations between the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) and AbitibiBowater temporarily adjourned until resume March 1. The adjournment comes after five days of union deliberations over ... Read more...
Global Sticks hoping for a spring start-up
24 Janvier 2010 17:34Thanks to a pleasant winter in Thunder Bay, Ontario, construction on the Global Sticks new factory is progressing on schedule. "We really have to thank our weather gods for providing ... Read more...
Tolko is confident sawmill in The Pas will reopen some day
23 Janvier 2010 08:43Tolko is confident its sawmill in The Pas, Manitoba will reopen some day, although it likely won't be in 2010. It's been a year since Tolko stopped producing lumber in The ... Read more...
Fort Frances mill restarts operations
23 Janvier 2010 08:13AbitibiBowater was able to resume operations at its Fort Frances, Ontario mill this weekend after the problems with the effluent system was corrected. The mill was shut down indefinitely on ... Read more...
Chemical plume spotted on Lake Superior
22 Janvier 2010 09:23A 50 metre long plume was spotted on Lake Superior near Marathon, Ontario - close to where pump and chemical trucks have been cleaning up after black liquor leaked from a ... Read more...
Brazilian daily prints on FSC certified paper
22 Janvier 2010 04:11São Paulo's daily newspaper Metro is printed on FSC paper. With a circulation of over 150,000, Metro's decision to print on FSC certified paper is an achievement for the world's ... Read more...
First book printed on FSC certified paper in China
22 Janvier 2010 03:48Picture book “The Great Paper Caper” by illustrator Oliver Jeffers is printed on FSC certified paper in China. Published by HarperCollins, the book has become a common sight in ... Read more...
New 5 year agreement for Tembec's Chetwynd workers
21 Janvier 2010 09:54Tembec today announced that negotiations for a new collective agreement with CEP local 448 representing workers at its Chetwynd, B.C. high yield pulp mill have been successfully concluded. The new ... Read more...
Catalyst idles Crofton paper machine, Coquitlam de-inking plant
21 Janvier 2010 09:28Catalyst Paper has announced that its Crofton No. 1 paper machine will be curtailed indefinitely due to weak newsprint and directory paper demand. The machine, which produces 140,000 tonnes of commodity grades ... Read more...
Old Smurfit-Stone mill sold in Bathurst
20 Janvier 2010 10:49The Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. closed their corrugated paper mill in Bathurst, New Brunswick in August of 2005 putting 270 people out of work. Since then, the mill has sat vacant in the ... Read more...
How did the vote go in Kapuskasing?
20 Janvier 2010 10:43On Sunday the unionized workers from the Tembec mill in Kapuskasing, Ontario were called to a meeting at the request of the company. Last week, the exact details of the ... Read more...
MP Charlie Angus insists Grant Forest Products sale is not a done deal
20 Janvier 2010 10:27Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, is insisting that the purchase of Grant Forest Products assets by Georgia Pacific is not a done deal. Angus is not pleased that Georgia ... Read more...
Layoff notices on their way to Pine Falls workers
20 Janvier 2010 10:19Now that the lock out has been declared over at Tembec's Pine Falls paper mill, layoff notices are on their way to the workers this week. Once a worker receives ... Read more...
New trademark standard brings greater benefits to FSC Certificate Holders
20 Janvier 2010 09:24FSC has approved a new trademark standard that will ensure a greater consistency in the use of the trademarks in line with today's market needs. The standard will make it ... Read more...
Wish you were a CEO?
20 Janvier 2010 08:05NewPage accepted the resignation of its president and chief executive officer (CEO), Richard D. Willett, Jr. this week. Willett will receive a severance payout equal to two times his current ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater in Fort Frances shut down indefinitely due to effluent problem
19 Janvier 2010 14:24The AbitibiBowater mill in Fort Frances, Ontario was shut down indefinitely this morning due to a problem with the mill's effluent treatment system. Jean-Philippe Cote, spokesman from AbitibiBowater, said the ... Read more...
NewPage President And CEO Rick Willett Resigns
19 Janvier 2010 11:10NewPage Corporation today announced that Richard D. Willett, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, has resigned from NewPage effective January 18, 2010, and will remain with the company as a consultant through ... Read more...
President of the B.C. Truck Loggers Association steps down
19 Janvier 2010 10:53Thomas Olsen has stepped down from his position of president for the British Columbia Truck Loggers Association. Olsen has also stepped down as an executive and director of Triumph Timber, ... Read more...
White River Forest Products are eager to start up in 2010
19 Janvier 2010 06:33White River Forest Products is eager to start up the former Domtar sawmill in White River, Ontario in 2010. White River Forest Products is a three-way partnership between the Town of ... Read more...
Another set back in the Marathon Pulp cleanup
17 Janvier 2010 15:50The chemical clean-up crews in Marathon, Ontario hit another snag this week when a leak was found in the seam on an indoor holding tank containing the black liquor. The ... Read more...
Protest at Brookfield Energy in Gatineau
15 Janvier 2010 12:32About 30 pensioners from the closed Fraser Papers' Thurso pulp mill protested today at a Brookfield Energy office in Gatineau. The pensioners are upset that they could lose up to 40% of ... Read more...
3 parties interested in purchasing Pine Falls
15 Janvier 2010 07:33There are at least 3 parties now interested in purchasing the Pine Falls paper mill from Tembec. The potential buyers are: J.P. Bradette, former Tembec vice-president Sagkeeng First Nation Tembec ... Read more...
NewPage establishes buffer to protect rare lichen discovered in Cape Breton.
14 Janvier 2010 07:55NewPage Port Hawkesbury has established buffer zones in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia to protect a large quantity of rare and endangered lichen. Tom Neily, a botanist with the Mersey Tobeatic ... Read more...
Court ruling will allow Tolko to continue logging
13 Janvier 2010 19:51The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled against the Okanagan Nation's bid to prevent Tolko from logging on the west side of Okanagan Lake. “We are pleased with the court’... Read more...
Manitoba Labour Board orders end to Tembec's lockout in Pine Falls
13 Janvier 2010 19:17The Manitoba Labour Board has ordered an end to the 4.5 month lock out of the workers at the Tembec newsprint mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba. The workers were locked out ... Read more...
Tembec workers in Kapuskasing are invited to vote on Sunday
13 Janvier 2010 19:03The unions representing the workers of Tembec in Kapuskasing, Ontario have been asked to a meeting on Sunday at the request of the company. The exact details of the request ... Read more...
Fraser Papers/Brookfield scheme to shirk pension obligations
13 Janvier 2010 12:42Canada's largest forestry union says Fraser Papers restructuring plan is a deceptive scheme to get out of its financial obligations to pensioners. Dave Coles, President of the Communications, Energy and ... Read more...
Emergency situation in Marathon - Yet another chemical spill
12 Janvier 2010 17:20A third chemical spill since December occured in Marathon, Ontario on Sunday, and is continuing to leak at the rate of 1,200 litres per hour. The pipeline being used to transfer ... Read more...
Georgia-Pacific to purchase Grant Forest Products OSB mills in Englehart and Earlton
11 Janvier 2010 13:58Georgia-Pacific Corp. has agreed to purchase two Canadian plants from Grant Forest Products Inc. along with two of Grant Forest Products' U.S. facilities in a deal worth about $400 million. ... Read more...
Fire at AbitibiBowater's Fort Frances mill
11 Janvier 2010 12:27The AbitibiBowater mill in Fort Frances was the scene of a fire on Friday night. Fire fighters spent nearly 12 hours fighting the fire that started in the kraft mill. Heavy ... Read more...
Two tree ID apps for your iPhone
11 Janvier 2010 10:44Does anyone have an iPhone? I just read about two tree identification applications for your iPhone. The Sarafax TreeBook is leaf based and developed for students unfamiliar with tree identification. ... Read more...
With parliament prorogued, pension petitions wait
11 Janvier 2010 08:45The former mill employees of AbitibiBowater in Newfoundland met recently to present their petition in relation to pension issues to Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor MP Scott Simms for him to bring back ... Read more...
Tolko extends downtime at Armstrong and Soda Creek
07 Janvier 2010 08:37Tolko scheduled two weeks of downtime as a holiday curtailment at its Armstrong and Soda Creek mills in British Columbia. Tolko has decided to extend that downtime for at least ... Read more...
Dispute over chemical cleanup in Marathon continues
07 Janvier 2010 07:26In Marathon, the former owner of the bankrupt Marathon Pulp mill, Tembec, was ordered to clean up the chemicals left in the mill. The order, issued on Dec. 17, deals with ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater sells recycling facilities in Texas
06 Janvier 2010 08:28AbitibiBowater announced today the closing of the sale of its Recycling Division's material recycling facilities located in Arlington, Houston and San Antonio, Texas to Waste Management Recycle America for $12 million. ... Read more...
Canfor to close the Quesnel sawmill next week
06 Janvier 2010 07:27Canfor Corp. is closing its sawmill in Quesnel by the end of next week. 180 workers will be out of work. The length of the closure is not known, but will ... Read more...
Nova Scotia decides to buy land from J.D. Irving
05 Janvier 2010 13:22The province of Nova Scotia has decided to spend up to $40 million to buy land in southwest Nova Scotia and Cumberland County from J.D. Irving Ltd. and Rothesay Paper ... Read more...
Alexandre Lemay & Sons sawmill destroyed by fire
05 Janvier 2010 09:52The Alexandre Lemay & Sons sawmill in St-Bernard, Quebec was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Firefighters fought the blaze for hours but the building was completely destroyed. A propane-powered generator is ... Read more...
Demolition of Domtar's mill is a big tax hit to Prince Albert
04 Janvier 2010 05:56The Domtar mill in Prince Albert used to mean $1.8 million in tax revenue for the city, but now that the mill is about to be demolished, the city is bracing ... Read more...
Court upholds TimberWest's petition of Campbell River tax bylaws aimed at its Managed Forest Lands
02 Janvier 2010 20:36TimberWest's petition in the BC Supreme Court to have the City of Campbell River's 2009 tax rates bylaw (as it relates to managed forest lands) set aside has succeeded. In the ... Read more...
Acadian Timber Income Fund converts to a Corporation
01 Janvier 2010 14:48Acadian Timber Corp. has announced the completion of the conversion of Acadian Timber Income Fund to a corporation named Acadian Timber Corp., pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the ... Read more...
Details of the contract settlements in Chetwynd
28 Décembre 2009 18:02A few more details of the labour contracts in Chetwynd are now public. Canfor and Tembec are both planning to restart their mills in Chetwynd, British Colubmia soon following successful ... Read more...
Zellstoff Celgar pulp starts paying taxes
24 Décembre 2009 08:24$470,000 will be immediately paid to Castlegar, British Columbia from its number one employer. The Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill had engaged in a tax standoff with the city. The company has ... Read more...
Lax Kw'alaams band wants the former Skeena Cellulose pulp mill
24 Décembre 2009 07:37The Lax Kw'alaams band is one of the 6 parties bidding on the former Skeena Cellulose pulp mill site on Watson Island, British Columbia. The Skeena Cellulose pulp mill closed in 2001. ... Read more...
Tembec Denies Pine Falls Workers Severance, EI and Workplace Rights
23 Décembre 2009 16:22Locked-out members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 3 - 1375, at the Tembec Manitoba Newsprint operations in Powerview-Pine Falls, unanimously rejected a company proposal Tuesday to change the lockout to a layoff ... Read more...
FSC closed for the holidays
23 Décembre 2009 11:14The FSC offices in Bonn will be closed for the holidays starting 24 December 2009. Normal business hours will resume on 4 January 2010. Happy Holidays from all of the staff at FSC.... Read more...
Executive Update from Andre de Freitas - December 2009
23 Décembre 2009 08:29Dear FSC members and other stakeholders, This month's executive update brings you an overview of FSC's development in 2009. It is by no means comprehensive, but I hope you will find ... Read more...
Mill towns can set their own industry tax rate
22 Décembre 2009 08:56The British Columbia Supreme Court has reinforced the right for a mill town to set their own industrial tax rate. Yesterday, the B.C. Supreme Court Justice Peter Voith dismissed ... Read more...
Congo Basin Sub-Regional Standard consultation launched
16 Décembre 2009 11:15On 9 November 2009 at a meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, on the future of FSC certification in the Congo Basin, FSC Executive Director Andre de Freitas announced the launch of the latest ... Read more...
FSC Germany receives ‘Oscar for sustainability' – the Utopia Award 2009
16 Décembre 2009 04:14On 28 November 2009, FSC Germany received the Utopia Award 2009 for its outstanding work in promoting responsible forest management. ... Read more...
Regional Council of FSC National Initiatives in the Congo Basin and West Africa meets for the first time
15 Décembre 2009 10:44FSC National Initiatives (NI) from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The Republic of Congo and The Ivory Coast attended the first meeting of the Regional ... Read more...
Luxury packaging follows fashion industry trend toward FSC certified paper
11 Décembre 2009 03:45The US luxury packaging company PAK 2000 has pledged to release a new paper policy that will give preference to FSC certified and recycled products. The move follows a growing trend ... Read more...
FSC Denmark showcases its ‘Home Green Home' in Copenhagen
11 Décembre 2009 03:11On 3-6 December 2009, FSC Denmark showcased their “Home Green Home” project at the Copenhagen Climate Exchange in the run up to the UN COP-15. Covering 200 square foot, the house ... Read more...
FSC Netherlands celebrates 10th anniversary
09 Décembre 2009 03:28FSC Netherlands celebrated the 10th anniversary of their foundation with close to 200 representatives from NGOs, businesses and government at an event in The Hague on 26 November 2009. ... Read more...
Join FSC at COP15 in Copenhagen
04 Décembre 2009 05:29Please join the Forest Stewardship Council, the Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas de Guatemala and the Rainforest Alliance for a side event at COP 15 in Copenhagen.... Read more...
Dutch newspaper printed on FSC certified paper
03 Décembre 2009 06:32Dutch newspaper “Het Financieele Dagblad” (FD) is one the first daily newspapers in the world printed on FSC certified paper. With 2.5 million kilos of paper used every year, FD's ... Read more...
FSC's René Ngongo awarded ‘Alternative Nobel Prize'
27 Novembre 2009 14:11On 4 December 2009, Mr. René Ngongo, FSC's Contact Person in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will receive the Right Livelihood Award for his outstanding vision and work in the Congo ... Read more...
Taiga Building Products Ltd. Announces Leadership Succession Plan
27 Novembre 2009 14:11The Board of Directors of Taiga Building Products Ltd. announced today that they have appointed the next generation of Taiga's Executive Vice Presidents, effective January 1, 2010. Trent Balog will step into ... Read more...
PRT Announces Nursery Closure and Site Consolidation
27 Novembre 2009 14:11Pacific Regeneration Technologies Inc. ("PRT") announced today that it will discontinue seedling production at PRT Kirkland Lake, its nursery facility in Northeastern Ontario, for an indefinite period until market conditions ... Read more...
Tembec wants to sell its two kraft mills in Europe
27 Novembre 2009 14:11Tembec Inc. today confirmed that Tembec SAS, its European subsidiary, has retained the services of investment bankers Houlihan Lokey to review strategic options for the two Kraft pulp mills held ... Read more...
Tolko closing High Level sawmill in Alberta
27 Novembre 2009 14:11Tolko has decided to indefinitely close its High Level mill in Alberta due to the poor lumber market. 290 employees will be out of work. Another 300 woodlands contractors and their employees ... Read more...
Prince George and Mackenzie benefit from Job Opportunities Program
27 Novembre 2009 14:11The Job Opportunities Program is investing $1.56 million in job creation for Prince George and Mackenzie, British Columbia. The Program targets job creation for pine beetle mitigation, hazard tree management, seed ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater gets court approval to switch ocean shippers
27 Novembre 2009 14:11A Quebec judge has given AbitibiBowater approval to switch ocean shippers carrying its paper to offshore markets. The switch will save $12.1 million over five years. “We’re trying to save ... Read more...
Sale of AbitibiBowater's Belgo mill approved
27 Novembre 2009 14:11A judge has approved the sale of AbitibiBowater's Belgo pulp and paper mill in Shawinigan, Quebec to Recyclabe Arctic Beluga Inc. The mill has been idle since February 2008. Although the ... Read more...
Ontario launches wood supply competition
27 Novembre 2009 14:11Ontario is searching for innovative ways to use logs, branches and other wood in Crown forests for manufacturing or other commercial purposes. This will help create green jobs and new ... Read more...
FSC welcomes two new staff members
24 Novembre 2009 15:41FSC is pleased to welcome two new staff members to its international team. Mr. Thomas Colonna has joined FSC as a Communications Officer since 16 September 2009 and Ms. Britta Garfield will ... Read more...
New Managing Director of Accreditation Services International
24 Novembre 2009 15:41FSC is pleased to announce that Sam B Ponder has been leading Accreditation Services International (ASI) as Managing Director since 1 November 2009. ASI is the independent accreditation body which delivers accreditation ... Read more...
New FSC report highlights strengths of FSC Controlled Wood standards
24 Novembre 2009 15:41A recently released FSC report reveals the outcomes of an analysis between the schemes, systems and standards of FSC, PEFC, and the PEFC-endorsed schemes PEFC Germany and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (... Read more...
WFC meeting brings FSC forward in Latin America
24 Novembre 2009 15:4118 October 2008 – FSC representatives met with the Minister of the Environment of Costa Rica (MINAET), Jorge Rodriguez, and other representative of Latin American organizations at the World Forestry Congress to ... Read more...
Director of FSC Czech Republic leaves after nine extraordinary years
24 Novembre 2009 15:41Mr. Michal Rezek has resigned from the position of Director of the Czech FSC National Initiative after nine years of working at the organization. Mr. Rezek will leave office before ... Read more...
FSC National Initiatives in Latin America set priorities towards network
24 Novembre 2009 15:41The World Forestry Congress (WFC) gave opportunity for FSC National Initiatives (NIs) from Latin America to gather for a strategic meeting. With support from GTZ in relation to the FSC/... Read more...
Domtar sells millionth ton of FSC certified paper
24 Novembre 2009 15:41Domtar Corporation in the US has reached a significant milestone with the sale of its millionth ton of FSC certified paper. This achievement is a direct result of the commitment ... Read more...
Forest Carbon Working Group issues report of first meeting
24 Novembre 2009 15:41The Forest Carbon Working Group (FCWG) has issued a report of their first meeting. Representatives from economic, social and environmental organizations in the North and South participated in the meeting ... Read more...
FSC US announces winners of Designing & Building with FSC Awards 2009
24 Novembre 2009 15:41On 12 November 2009, FSC US announced the winners of the 5th annual Designing & Building with FSC Awards at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Phoenix, US, the world's largest green ... Read more...
FSC launches revised Dispute Resolution System
24 Novembre 2009 15:41FSC has launched a new Disputes Resolution System that will enable a consistent and timely evaluation of complaints and appeals raised by stakeholders against decisions, performances or any other issues ... Read more...
Howard Hampton questions Ontario's $25 million loan to Terrace Bay Pulp
24 Novembre 2009 15:41Howard Hampton, MPP of Kenora, had serious questions for Forestry Minister Michael Gravelle regarding the provincial government's $25 million loan to Terrace Bay Pulp. Hampton wanted to know what the government ... Read more...
Kenora and Rainy River Districts warned of severe fire risk
24 Novembre 2009 15:41The risk for a large forest fire remains in the Kenora and Rainy River districts of northwestern Ontario. Back in May, Aviation and Forest Fire Program Officer Terry Popowich said ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater trying to avoid big tax bill
24 Novembre 2009 15:41AbitibiBowater is juggling its corporate structure to avoid a big tax bill. Unless AbitibiBowater is able to repay a $250 million loan between its Canadian and U.S. subsidiaries, the company ... Read more...
Ever wonder how gravity affects the formation of wood?
24 Novembre 2009 15:41If so, soon you may have your answer! 24 willow saplings from derived from clones of trees in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Truro, Nova Scotia are now in space!! The saplings ... Read more...
Catalyst and Island Co-gen reach arbitration settlement
24 Novembre 2009 15:41Catalyst Paper has announced that it has settled the arbitration proceeding relating to its 20-year Energy Services Agreement with Island Cogeneration # 2. Inc. (Cogen). This arbitration was a result of Catalyst's ... Read more...
In addition to the $25 million, Terrace Bay receives an extension to its creditor protection
24 Novembre 2009 15:41Terrace Bay Pulp received more good news this week, in addition to the $25 million loan from the province of Ontario, they also received an extension of 90 days for their court-ordered ... Read more...
Jim Flaherty will meet with AbitibiBowater and the CEP
24 Novembre 2009 15:41Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has agreed to meet with the management of AbitibiBowater and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) concerning the company's pension shortfall. Flaherty encouraged the two ... Read more...
Nova Scotia restoring forests damaged by the spruce bark beetle
24 Novembre 2009 15:41The provincial government of Nova Scotia is restoring forests in Cape Breton's Mabou Highlands ravaged by the spruce bark beetle. The Department of Natural Resources has authorized the harvesting of ... Read more...
Financials - Abitibi Consolidated vs. Bowater
20 Novembre 2009 07:19AbitibiBowater has released separate financial numbers for its subsidiaries: Bowater Inc. and Bowater Newsprint South LLC Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and AbitibiBowater US Holding LLC Here are some of the numbers for ... Read more...
Ontario will give Terrace Bay Pulp $25 million
19 Novembre 2009 18:33Yves Fricot, legal counsel for the Buchanan Group of Companies, has told the media that the provincial government of Ontario is about to give Terrace Bay Pulp a $25 million loan. ... Read more...
CEP's pension plan for AbitibiBowater continues to draw mixed reactions
19 Novembre 2009 07:13Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union (CEP) has been visiting with AbitibiBowater's mill communities to discuss their idea of replacing the existing pension fund pool for mill workers with a new ... Read more...
Tolko closing most of its central B.C. operations for Christmas
19 Novembre 2009 07:03Tolko Forest Industries has scheduled two weeks of downtime for its central British Columbia operations over Christmas (December 18 - January 4). Other companies, including Canfor, have planned a similar schedule of ... Read more...
Nova Scotia gives NewPage a $5 million loan
18 Novembre 2009 14:39The province of Nova Scotia is assisting a major paper producing facility and an important employer for Cape Breton with working capital for its Port Hawkesbury mill. A $5-million, interest-bearing ... Read more...
Tembec reports quarterly net loss of $17 million
18 Novembre 2009 10:03Tembec has reported a net loss of $17 million or $0.17 per share of its last quarter, compared to a net loss of $4 million or $0.04 per share in the September 2008 quarter. For ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater - Latest Financial Information
17 Novembre 2009 14:20AbitibiBowater is reporting a net quarterly loss of $511 million. Excerpts from AbitibiBowater's Financial Filings: Sales decreased $639 million, or 36.9%, from $1,730 million in the third quarter of 2008 to $1,091 million in the third ... Read more...
Stella-Jones reports quarterly net earnings of $8.3 million
16 Novembre 2009 20:52Stella-Jones has reported net quarterly earnings of $8.3 million, up 21.5% from last year. Sales in the third quarter reached $104.7 million, a decrease of $7.2 million, or 6.4% from last year's sales of $111.8 million, ... Read more...
More people questioning the logic of burning trees for power
16 Novembre 2009 20:34Dan Leger, director of news content for The Chronicle Herald, published a column today about NewPage's plan to burn trees to produce power to sell to Nova Scotia Power. What? ... Read more...
Cascades faces 2 more pollution charges
16 Novembre 2009 19:44Cascades Canada Inc. is facing 2 more pollution related charges involving an incident in 2007 at its Trenton Norampac pulp and paper mill. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment alleges the company ... Read more...
Nova Scotia sends one tree to Boston a year. This year it's a white spruce.
16 Novembre 2009 13:19Nova Scotia continued its annual tradition of thanking the people of Boston for their help during the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion. Every year since 1971, a Christmas tree is chosen ... Read more...
West Fraser Timber may sell its Kitimat mill
14 Novembre 2009 12:58West Fraser Timber recently closed their Eurocan mill in Kitimat, British Columbia. An unnamed Chinese company is already interested in the mill. West Fraser has agreed to open the mill's ... Read more...
Paper machine #6 in Fort Frances is still operating
14 Novembre 2009 12:45There has been good news in Fort Frances, Ontario. AbitibiBowater's paper machine #6 has been operating longer than expected to due to more customer orders. “When we started up right after ... Read more...
Buchanan Forest Products is officially bankrupt
14 Novembre 2009 12:24Buchanan Forest Products, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, has officially gone bankrupt. The company has declared: Total Liabilities of $43,024,883 Total Assets of $15,194,789 Yves Fricot, legal counsel for Buchanan, said the company ... Read more...
Superior Fine Papers appeals environmental work order
12 Novembre 2009 19:10In July, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) notified Superior Fine Papers, and the former owners of their facility: Thunder Bay Fine Papers and Cascades, that they were required ... Read more...
Nova Scotia helps Ligni Bel lumber mill to reopen
12 Novembre 2009 13:55The province of Nova Scotia is contributing to the reopening of Ligni Bel, a lumber mill in Scotsburn, Pictou County. A $3 million loan guarantee, through the Industrial Expansion Fund, will ... Read more...
Will Fraser Papers pensioners lose up to 40% of their pension benefits?
12 Novembre 2009 13:43More than 1,000 retired paperworkers could lose up to 40% of their pension benefits as another major pulp and paper company - Fraser Papers - seeks to cut its debt on the ... Read more...
11 Novembre 2009 10:04
Even though West Fraser Timber has closed its Eurocan mill in Kitimat, the company will hold on to Eurocan's tree farm licenses. Barry Dobbin, district manager for the Ministry of ... Read more...
Canadian wood rebuilds school destroyed by earthquake
10 Novembre 2009 14:32Federal and provincial officials today unveiled a plaque commemorating the opening of Xiang’e Primary School in China’s Sichuan Province. The event celebrated Canada and B.C.’s contributions ... Read more...
NewPage posts quarterly loss of $138 million
10 Novembre 2009 08:43NewPage Corporation has announced its results of operations for the third quarter of 2009. Net sales were $791 million in the third quarter of 2009 compared to $1,126 million in the third quarter of 2008, ... Read more...
Ontario announces silviculture job stimulus program
09 Novembre 2009 18:01The Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry has announced $6 million forest renewal program. Through the Forestry Futures Trust committee, the provincial government is inviting Sustainable Forest License Holders ... Read more...
Stella-Jones Advises of Minor Interruption at Its New Westminster, B.C. Facility Due to Fire
09 Novembre 2009 08:40Stella-Jones Inc. has advised that its New Westminster, British Columbia, facility was the scene of a fire on Friday, November 6 which has resulted in a temporary shutdown of two wood ... Read more...
Fraser Papers Completes Modernization Project Announces Restart at Plaster Rock Lumbermill
06 Novembre 2009 18:52Fraser Papers Inc. announced today that its lumbermill in Plaster Rock, New Brunswick is scheduled to restart operations on November 16, 2009. Approximately 175 employees have been recalled to work. The Plaster Rock ... Read more...
06 Novembre 2009 07:35
The Government of Canada is investing in new commercial opportunities for Canada’s forest sector to ensure a competitive future for the industry, creating jobs and stimulating the economy. Today, ... Read more...
Cascades posts net earnings of $34 million
06 Novembre 2009 07:31Cascades has posted results for its 6th consecutive quarter of improved results. Net earnings of $0.35 per share ($34 million) were posted compared to a net loss of $0.07 per share ($7 million) in ... Read more...
Talks break down in Pine Falls after just one day
06 Novembre 2009 07:23Talks between Tembec and the United Steelworkers Union regarding the 260 locked out workers at the Pine Falls, Manitoba mill broke down after just 1 day. "We were scheduled to meet in ... Read more...
2 jobs created in Grand Falls-Windsor to manage crown forests
06 Novembre 2009 07:13Two new positions have been established in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland to help the province manage the crown land that was previously managed by AbitibiBowater. The new Crown lands management officer ... Read more...
Ainsworth Lumber reports quarterly net earnings of $21.6 million
06 Novembre 2009 07:05Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. has reported its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. During the third quarter of 2009, Ainsworth's three active OSB mills operated at capacity, taking no ... Read more...
Logging dispute continues near Vernon, B.C.
05 Novembre 2009 08:54Tolko really wants to log the trees damaged by the mountain pine beetle in the Browns Creek Watershed near Vernon, B.C. The Okanagan First Nations believes the area is ... Read more...
PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund posts net loss of $1.4 million
05 Novembre 2009 07:26PRT Forest Regeneration Income Fund has announced results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. For the nine month period, the Fund reported operating earnings of $1,271,000 and Cash Available for Distribution ... Read more...
West Fraser Timber posts loss of $198 million in their third quarter
05 Novembre 2009 07:07West Fraser Timber has posted a loss of $198 million in its third quarter. A large portion of the loss is related to the closure of the Kitimat paper mill in ... Read more...
U.S. may stop black liquor tax credits to pay for health care
04 Novembre 2009 06:54U.S. House members are looking to stop the black liquor tax credits received by American pulp and paper companies at the end of the year. Legislation introduced this week ... Read more...
Electrical fire at Decker Lake Forest Products
04 Novembre 2009 06:44Decker Lake Forest Products, owned by Hampton Affiliates, suffered a recent electrical fire at their lumber mill in British Columbia. "The fire occurred in a control box in the cut ... Read more...
NewPage in Nova Scotia just got permission to cut trees for fuel
03 Novembre 2009 19:37The new NDP government in Nova Scotia has just granted permission for NewPage to cut down trees on Crown land to use for fuel rather than for fibre. NewPage is ... Read more...
CEP pension info sessions in Kenora and Fort Frances
03 Novembre 2009 18:58Leaders of Canada’s largest forestry union and senior officials of Canada’s largest forest company, AbitibiBowater, met yesterday with Ontario Forest Minister Mike Gravelle and finance department officials to ... Read more...
Auction of AbitibiBowater Iroquois Falls Woodlands equipment
03 Novembre 2009 18:48This Thursday, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will have the complete dispersal of AbitibiBowater's Iroquois Falls Woodlands up for auction. The auction will include mobile construction and forestry equipment, a large quantity ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper posts quarterly net earnings of $13.2 million
03 Novembre 2009 15:06Catalyst Paper has recorded net earnings of $13.2 million ($0.03 per common share) on sales of $263.4 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared to a net loss of $1.9 million ($0.01 per common share) ... Read more...
Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corp. takes over mill
03 Novembre 2009 14:55A new company, Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corp., has reached an agreement to take possession of the Worthington Mackenzie pulp mill for the next 6 months. Mackenzie Pulp Mill Development Corp. ... Read more...
CEP union officials have a plan to wipe out AbitibiBowater's pension deficit
03 Novembre 2009 14:34CEP union officials have a plan to wipe out AbitibiBowater's pension shortfall, but the plan requires new government legislation. Marvin Pupeza, national representative for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union, ... Read more...
Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute receives $150,000 from Nova Scotia
03 Novembre 2009 12:36The Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources has announced funding of $150,000 for the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute. The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute is a non-profit co-operative based in Kempt, Nova ... Read more...
Western Forest Products reports quarterly net loss of $16.6 million
03 Novembre 2009 06:54Western Forest Products Inc. has announced results for their third quarter ended September 30, 2009. Western Forest Products reported a net loss for the third quarter of 2009 amounting to $16.6 million ($0.04 per share), ... Read more...
Record low fire season in Northwestern Ontario
02 Novembre 2009 19:39Northwestern Ontario saw a record low number of forest fires year with only 194 fires. Last year the region saw 218 forest fires - a number still considered as very moderate. Although ... Read more...
Fraser Papers posts net quarterly loss of $65.1 million
02 Novembre 2009 18:55Fraser Papers Inc. has just reported financial results for the third quarter ended October 3, 2009. The net loss in the third quarter totaled $65.1 million or $1.30 per share compared to a loss ... Read more...
02 Novembre 2009 17:55
Clément Gignac, Quebec's economic development minister, said the province may consider investing in AbitibiBowater, if the company and its unions would make "sacrifices" and cut costs by $50 to $75 U.... Read more...
Forestry union leaders meet with governments to protect pensions
02 Novembre 2009 12:27Leaders of Canada's largest forestry union (the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union) and senior officials of Canada's largest forest company, AbitibiBowater, are meeting today at 1pm with Ontario Forest Minister ... Read more...
Production at Tembec's Canal Flats, BC sawmill affected by small fire
02 Novembre 2009 11:58Tembec today confirmed that a fire occurred at its sawmill in Canal Flats, British Columbia. The fire was discovered at 10:30 Saturday evening and was quickly contained. Damage was restricted to ... Read more...
John Weaver resigns from AbitibiBowater's Board of Directors
02 Novembre 2009 11:45AbitibiBowater announced today the resignation, for personal reasons, of John W. Weaver from the Company's Board of Directors. This departure was formally accepted and took effect on October 31, 2009. "John was ... Read more...
40% wage cut likely not enough to reopen Ainsworth Savona and Lillooet mills
01 Novembre 2009 14:39Ainsworth Lumber officials recently met in British Columbia with representatives of United Steelworkers Local 1-417 to discuss the possibility of getting the specialty mill at Savona and a feeder mill ... Read more...
Fraser Papers' Edmundston mill may have brighter future with NB's power deal
01 Novembre 2009 14:14Peter Gordon, CEO of Fraser Papers Inc. believes that the Edmundston mill will benefit from the province's decision to sell NB Power's assets to Hydro-Québec. The deal will see ... Read more...
CEP Press Conference in Thunder Bay on Monday
01 Novembre 2009 14:00The Communication Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) have scheduled a news conference for Monday regarding Thunder Bay's AbitibiBowater operations. The news conference is expected to touch on a number of ... Read more...
Canfor posts net loss of $5.2 million
30 Octobre 2009 09:27Canfor Corporation has reported its results for the third quarter of 2009. The ongoing downturn in the U.S. housing market continued to significantly impact Canfor’s financial performance in the ... Read more...
Domtar reports net earnings of $183 million
30 Octobre 2009 07:41Domtar Corporation has reported net earnings of $183 million ($4.24 per share) for the third quarter of 2009 compared to net earnings of $48 million ($1.12 per share) for the second quarter of 2009 and net ... Read more...
Norbord posts quarterly loss of $7 million
30 Octobre 2009 07:29Norbord Inc. has reported a loss of $7 million or $0.16 per share in the third quarter of 2009. Norbord recorded losses of $18 million or $0.42 per share in the prior quarter and $18 million ... Read more...
Negotiations with AbitibiBowater suspended over pensions
30 Octobre 2009 07:24The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) and AbitibiBowater have agreed to suspend negotiations for a new collective agreement in order to secure commitments from government that pensioners will be ... Read more...
Columbia Forest Products wants its Hearst mill to survive
29 Octobre 2009 08:59Columbia Forest Products is continuing to invest in its Hearst, Ontario facility, to better its chances of survival. The company has invested more than $500,000 to upgrade equipment at the mill, ... Read more...
Newsprint price to increase
29 Octobre 2009 08:43The RISI forest products information service also reports that AbitibiBowater, White Birch, Kruger, and Tembec are seeking to boost newsprint in two $25/metric ton installments on Nov. 1 and Dec. 1. Catalyst ... Read more...
West Fraser closes Kitimat mill
29 Octobre 2009 08:37West Fraser Timber is closing its Eurocan paper mill in Kitimat, British Columbia on January 31st, 2010. 535 people will lose their job. After years of cost cuts and reviews of Eurocan's ... Read more...
Brown spruce longhorn beetle spreads, despite quarantine
28 Octobre 2009 08:30The brown spruce longhorn beetle is spreading in Nova Scotia despite the efforts of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and their quarantine efforts. "It attacks spruce, but it prefers ... Read more...
Babine Forest Products announces downtime
28 Octobre 2009 06:20Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake, British Columbia has announced downtime. The closure schedule is as follows: First 2 weeks of November Last 3 weeks of December The curtailment will include sawmill, ... Read more...
FSC approves HCVF-Controlled Wood Risk Assessment for Swiss Alpine forests
27 Octobre 2009 12:14On 1 October 2009, FSC approved a national risk assessment to help companies avoid sourcing FSC Controlled Wood from areas of high conservation value in the Swiss Alpine forests. FSC Switzerland has ... Read more...
Northeastern Ontario worries about fate of Grant Forest Products
26 Octobre 2009 14:00Many people from Northeastern Ontario are worried that a foreign company will take over the ownership of Grant Forest Products and their large OSB mill in Englehart. Grant Forest Products ... Read more...
26 Octobre 2009 12:29
FSC is pleased to announce that Ms. Sarah Banda will start as Membership Officer starting from 1 November 2009.... Read more...
Canfor Pulp Income Fund reports net income of $8.5 million
26 Octobre 2009 07:17Canfor Pulp Income Fund (the Fund) announced today its third quarter 2009 results as well as the results of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (the Partnership) in which the Fund has a 49.8% ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater and the CEP Union scheduled talks start next week
23 Octobre 2009 21:06AbitibiBowater and the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers (CEP) Union are meeting next week to begin 17 days of scheduled talks. The union represents 5,000 current and 13,000 retired AbitibiBowater employees in Ontario, Quebec ... Read more...
Timberwest quarterly results are modestly better
23 Octobre 2009 09:00TimberWest generated modestly better earnings and distributable cash this quarter as compared to last quarter despite extremely weak business conditions. While log prices are not showing any improvement yet, and ... Read more...
Okanagan First Nations move to block logging by Tolko
23 Octobre 2009 08:35Okanagan First Nations does not want Tolko to log an area that they feel is culturally significant. Tolko Industries, based in Vernon, B.C., plans to begin harvesting timber at ... Read more...
Ear Falls sawmill scheduled to close next week, planer will follow in December
23 Octobre 2009 08:17In August, Domtar announced its intention to close the Ear Falls, Ontario sawmill indefinitely. Operations will wind down at the sawmill next week. The planer mill will close next - ... Read more...
Free Offer: Chemical Engineering Magazine
23 Octobre 2009 07:39Chemical Engineering serves chemical engineering professionals in the chemical process industry including manufacturing, engineering, government, academia, financial institutions and others allied to the field serving the global chemical process industry. ... Read more...
Interfor's results improve with earnings of $9.7 million
23 Octobre 2009 07:28Interfor has posted net earnings of $9.7 million for the third quarter of 2009. These earnings significantly improve upon last quarter's reported net loss of $15.0 million. Included in the results for the ... Read more...
Fraser Papers receives extension to creditor protection period
22 Octobre 2009 21:05Fraser Papers received an extension to their creditor protection from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the CCAA (Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act). This extension is through December 4, 2009 and was ... Read more...
New Policy Manager of FSC Forest Carbon and Climate Change program
22 Octobre 2009 10:06FSC is pleased to announce that Stefan Salvador assumes the role of Policy Manager of FSC's new work program "Forest Carbon and Climate Change" starting from October 2009.... Read more...
Should Canada be worried about the new U.S. green energy subsidy?
21 Octobre 2009 12:59There is significant concern that the newly proposed U.S. green energy subsidy could be used by American forest companies to give them a final and overwhelming advantage in the ... Read more...
Talks break down between Tembec and its Union in Pine Falls
21 Octobre 2009 08:03250 workers at the Tembec mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba have been locked out since September 1st. Mediation talks have broken off again between Tembec and the United Steelworkers union. The ... Read more...
Paragon Wood Products reopens Lumby mill
21 Octobre 2009 07:57Paragon Wood Products has reopened its Lumby sawmill in British Columbia. The mill on Shuswap Avenue had been closed for 1 year. Before the mill was focused on cedar, but now ... Read more...
Mayor of Buenos Aires commits to FSC certified wood and paper by 2010
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Newfoundland and Labrador ask the court to see AbitibiBowater's financial information
20 Octobre 2009 21:26The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has asked the Quebec Superior Court for access to AbitibiBowater's data room in order to keep tabs on its financial health as a creditor. ... Read more...
FSC celebrates two major milestones at the World Forestry Congress
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AbitibiBowater starts shift at Mackenzie planer mill
19 Octobre 2009 14:57AbitibiBowater has started up a shift at its planer mill in Mackenzie, British Columbia today. In addition, the company hopes to have one of its sawmills up and running in ... Read more...
Rising dollar is not good news for our Christmas tree growers
19 Octobre 2009 13:07The sharp rise in the Canadian dollar in recent days is not welcome news to our Christmas tree growers who export their product to the United States. Bill Kilfoil grows ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper loses court battle over tax bill in North Cowichan
19 Octobre 2009 11:59Catalyst Paper has lost its lawsuit against the community of North Cowichan, British Columbia. Catalyst Paper did not want to pay its tax bill, arguing that they were being overcharged ... Read more...
Clermont, Quebec newsprint machine gets 10 week reprieve
19 Octobre 2009 11:52A 10 week reprieve for the Clermont, Quebec newsprint machine has delayed unemployment for about 120 employees. AbitibiBowater had scheduled the indefinite idling of of two machines in Clermont, Quebec for this ... Read more...
Tolko curtails veneer production in Kelowna
18 Octobre 2009 20:22Tolko has curtailed the production of veneer at its operations in Kelowna, British Columbia. The curtailment was effective October 15th. The operating stance of the mill will be revisited on ... Read more...
18 Octobre 2009 20:01
AbitibiBowater has agreed to keep the heat on at the recently closed Beaupré mill near Quebec City if the local group of union leaders and politicians requesting the heat agrees ... Read more...
Louisiana-Pacific schedules 3 months of downtime in Dawson Creek
18 Octobre 2009 19:28Louisiana-Pacific has announced 3 months of downtime at its OSB mill in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The mill will be closed for December, January, and February. The scheduled downtime is adjustable ... Read more...
Worthington Mackenzie mill taken over by consortium
18 Octobre 2009 15:22The province of British Columbia is no longer maintaining the Worthington-Mackenzie pulp mill in Mackenzie, B.C. The province has made the site safe by disposing of the most toxic ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp receives another extension
16 Octobre 2009 22:24Terrace Bay Pulp in Ontario has received another extension to their creditor protection period. Yves Fricot is the legal counsel for the Buchanan Forest Products, the mill's owners. He said ... Read more...
Port Mellon - 100 years of paper making
14 Octobre 2009 21:12One hundred years ago today the machines rumbled into life at the isolated little community of Port Mellon and produced the first paper in BC made from wood. A century ... Read more...
Belgian Aid Agency awards FSC Belgium as the best organization for sustainable trade
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Revised Spanish FSC forest management standard approved
14 Octobre 2009 03:37FSC has approved a revised version of the Spanish forest management standard following a rigorous assessment process. With improvements to the requirements for plantations in Spain, the revised standard is ... Read more...
Paper Machine #6 gets short reprieve in Fort Frances
13 Octobre 2009 19:48AbitibiBowater is running its Paper Machine #6 in Fort Frances, Ontario for a short time. PM#6 will be operational until mid-November to meet orders. The machine had been down since early ... Read more...
Reminder: FSC invites participation in 2009 Market Survey
13 Octobre 2009 09:00FSC is calling for FSC certified enterprises as well as non-certificate holders to participate in the 2009 Market Survey before 19 October 2009. The online survey is available in seven languages.... Read more...
The Breakdown: Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program
12 Octobre 2009 21:32Twenty-four companies, representing 38 pulp and paper mills across Canada, have qualified for credits under the Government of Canada’s Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program. Company Name Credits Abitibi-Bowater - ... Read more...
FSC GEF project brings new resources to smallholders in the tropics
12 Octobre 2009 03:30At a sub-regional workshop in Cameroon, FSC presented the outcomes of the GEF project and offered valuable input to the FSC standard-development process currently in motion in the Congo Basin. ... Read more...
24 mills qualified for Canada's black liquor program
09 Octobre 2009 13:36Twenty-four pulp and paper mills have qualified for Canada's version of the United States' black liquor program. Unlike the U.S. program, Canada requires the qualifying mills use the money ... Read more...
It is getting cold. Will someone please heat our idled mills?
09 Octobre 2009 08:41It is a concern shared by several communities across our country - will anyone heat our idled/shuttered mills or will the valuable mill equipment be destroyed by our cold ... Read more...
Will AbitibiBowater emerge from creditor protection?
08 Octobre 2009 12:53The possibility that AbitibiBowater may not be able to emerge from creditor protection has been whispered between us all for months. Now that possibility is appearing more often in the ... Read more...
FSC Russia launches its first awareness campaign
08 Octobre 2009 05:43The FSC Russia National Office in collaboration with WWF Russia and several other partners have launched a campaign to increase recognition of FSC in Russia. The campaign is the first ... Read more...
08 Octobre 2009 05:34
FSC invites stakeholders in the US and around the world to comment on a revised draft of the Forest Certification Benchmark published by the US Green Building Council (USGBC). Interested ... Read more...
FSC Executive Update - October 2009
08 Octobre 2009 04:21Dear FSC members, This is the FSC Director update for the month of October 2009. The highlights of this past month are: FSC Policy and Standards: The month of September was ... Read more...
Enligna is expanding its wood pellet mill in Nova Scotia
07 Octobre 2009 12:50Enligna Canada, a wood pellet manufacturer, is expanding its production capabilities in Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia to meet international demands. The province, through Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), is supporting ... Read more...
New Managing Director of FSC Global Development
07 Octobre 2009 10:00FSC is pleased to announce that Zoltan Paksy will lead FSC Global Development (FSC GD) as Managing Director starting 1 October 2009. ... Read more...
Silviculture investment continues in Newfoundland's central region
07 Octobre 2009 08:09The provincial government of Newfoundland is investing in the future forests of central Newfoundland by funding site preparation and tree planting. “The forest industry is extremely important to the central ... Read more...
Smooth Rock Falls rallies to save mill site
06 Octobre 2009 21:55As demolition continues at the Tembec mill site in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, the residents of the community decided to express their anger and frustration yesterday by blocking the entrance ... Read more...
Grassy Narrows First Nation in Superior Court tomorrow
05 Octobre 2009 20:55The Grassy Narrows First Nation finally will have their case heard in the Ontario Supreme Court starting tomorrow. For years the Grassy Narrows First Nation, located 80km northeast of Kenora ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater and United Steelworkers reach agreement. Mackenzie sawmill to restart
05 Octobre 2009 19:56AbitibiBowater and the United Steelworkers have reached an agreement allowing 60 workers to go back to work at the sawmill in Mackenzie, British Columbia for 3-4 months. One sawmill and one ... Read more...
Boralex and AbitibiBowater reach agreement over the Dolbeau power station
03 Octobre 2009 08:37The Boralex Power Income Fund has come to an agreement in principle with AbitibiBowater on the temporary operation of the Dolbeau power station, conditional on the agreement of the controller ... Read more...
Will Canfor Pulp reduce the odour it produces in Prince George?
02 Octobre 2009 08:44Canfor Pulp Ltd. Partnership has a plan for reducing the odour that is produced from its mills in Prince George, British Columbia, but they have not yet decided if they ... Read more...
New Brunswick pulp mills are waiting for Ottawa's pockets to open
02 Octobre 2009 08:25Back in June Ottawa announced a Canadian green funding program for pulp and paper producers to off-set the advantage U.S. mills were experiencing from the U.S. black liquor ... Read more...
Tolko's Creekside planer mill is running again - for 3-4 weeks
30 Septembre 2009 11:56Tolko has restarted its Creekside planer this week putting 20 previously laid-off workers back to work. The planer will operate for the next 3-4 weeks. The mill had been curtailed in ... Read more...
MNR says they can't allocate fibre to Smooth Rock Falls
30 Septembre 2009 11:42The town of Smooth Rock Falls in northeastern Ontario is trying to recreate its economic base after Tembec has closed the mill in town in 2006. A co-operative initiative was underway ... Read more...
New accreditation standards to strengthen FSC certification system
29 Septembre 2009 14:54FSC has approved a set of accreditation standards that will raise the quality of the FSC certification process to a higher level. The standards will ensure a greater consistency in ... Read more...
International trade tribunal rules against Canada
28 Septembre 2009 19:06The U.S. can continue to collect collect duties on lumber imports from certain provinces. That is according to an international trade tribunal ruling today in London, England. The tribunal ... Read more...
Christopher Parlow has been found
28 Septembre 2009 18:11Christopher Parlow, president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-324 from The Pas, Manitoba has been found alive and well in Kingston, Ontario. Parlow has been missing for 3 weeks. A public ... Read more...
Kruger closing Corner Brook mill for 2 weeks
28 Septembre 2009 07:44Kruger is closing its newsprint mill in Corner Brook, Newfoundland for 2 weeks starting on October 12th. The move reflects weak markets and the impact of a high Canadian dollar on ... Read more...
Global Sticks Inc. opening in Thunder Bay
25 Septembre 2009 14:16New Canadian company Global Sticks Inc. will build a state-of-the-art factory in Thunder Bay, Ontario to manufacture Ontario wood and create sticks used for ice cream bars, popsicles, corn dogs, ... Read more...
Tembec's sale of Temrex complete
25 Septembre 2009 13:01Tembec has concluded the sale of its 50% equity interest in Temrex Forest Products LP (“Temrex”) to subsidiaries of Société générale de financement du Québec (“SGF”) for $11.6 ... Read more...
Have the beetles won in Alberta too?
25 Septembre 2009 12:51The mountain pine beetles have moved into northeastern Alberta. Officials are surveying the devastation in the northeast. Ted Morton, Alberta's sustainable resource minister, recently said, "We are doing a good ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater wants to sell its mill in Lufkin, TX
24 Septembre 2009 13:44AbitibiBowater wants to sell its plant in Lufkin, Texas that was permanently idled in December 2007. AbitibiBowater is seeking court approval to sell the mill to CIT Partners LLC. The plant ... Read more...
Fire in St. John at Irving Pulp and Paper
24 Septembre 2009 07:25There was a fire in Irving Pulp and Paper's sulphur tank yesterday in St. John, New Brunswick. The Saint John Fire Department said there were concerns that a cloud of ... Read more...
Catalyst Paper's plan to reopen mill hits snag with union local
24 Septembre 2009 06:50Catalyst Paper's plan to reopen the Elk Fall's mill has been rejected by one of the mill's union locals. The other local is expected to respond to the proposal within ... Read more...
Domtar wants to sell assets
24 Septembre 2009 06:38Domtar wants to sell $150 million worth of assets, including its forest products business, to reduce its debt and to focus on its core business. Domtar president John Williams said that ... Read more...
Did the beetles win?
22 Septembre 2009 13:32"The mountain pine beetle epidemic is largely over. The bad news is that it's because they don't have any food left to eat. The vast majority of our pine stands ... Read more...
Nova Scotia invests in Bowater Mersey
22 Septembre 2009 12:04The province is investing in the sustainability of a major employer and exporter in Nova Scotia's paper products industry. Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd. is receiving $2.5 million to support the ... Read more...
New streamlined FSC standards bring greater benefits to Group Certification
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Happy National Forest Week
21 Septembre 2009 20:31National Forest Week is an opportunity for all Canadians to reflect on the natural beauty of our forests and their vital contribution to our prosperity and well-being. Today, the Honourable ... Read more...
B&Q to source only FSC certified tropical hardwood plywood
21 Septembre 2009 05:13... Read more...
Town of Pine Falls show support for locked out mill workers
18 Septembre 2009 13:08The people of Pine Falls, Manitoba are showing their support for the close to 300 locked out workers of their Tembec mill today. The townspeople are joining the locked-out workers for ... Read more...
Domtar sells 4,069 ha of woodlands to SGF
18 Septembre 2009 12:57Societe generale de financement du Quebec (SGF) has purchased 4,069 hectares of woodlands from Domtar, for $8.5 million. The woodlands are located near Grande Vallee in the Gaspe Peninsula of eastern Quebec. ... Read more...
Please vote for FSC as CSO representative for the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board
18 Septembre 2009 11:56Dear members, The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has submitted its application as Civil Society Organisation from a developed country to serve on the Policy Board of the UN-REDD Programme [i]. ... Read more...
Mediator appointed to address dispute at Tembec's Pine Falls mill
18 Septembre 2009 07:20The Manitoba Government has appointed Michael Werier as a mediator to address the labour dispute at Tembec's Pine Falls newsprint mill that resulted in the locking out of 270 employees for ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater suspends production at 5 plants
17 Septembre 2009 18:02AbitibiBowater has just announced its intent to suspend production at the following plants: Beaupre, Quebec's digital printing paper plant - will completely shut down - 340 jobs lost Clermont, Quebec - ... Read more...
WWF study reveals importance of FSC certification in survival of great apes
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New Brunswick's paper mill power subsidy over budget
16 Septembre 2009 19:46The power subsidy the New Brunswick government put in place for paper mills has gone over budget by $1.3 million over the last 2 years. The subsidy gives the province's paper mills ... Read more...
Christopher Parlow is missing
16 Septembre 2009 19:28Christopher Parlow, president of the United Steelworkers Local at the Tolko Industries sawmill in The Pas, Manitoba has not been in contact with family, friends or co-workers since Sept. 9, according ... Read more...
Will Prince Rupert take over ownership of the old Skeena-Cellulose mill?
16 Septembre 2009 07:50The old Skeena-Cellulose mill, now owned by SunWave Forest Products, owes between seven and eight million dollars in taxes, penalties and interest to the city of Prince Rupert. SunWave Forest ... Read more...
Worthington Mackenzie mill deal is dead
15 Septembre 2009 14:31The proposed deal for China's United Petroleum Group to purchase the Worthington Mackenzie mill has fallen apart. The deal has apparently fell apart over an estimated $20 million in outstanding costs ... Read more...
15 Septembre 2009 03:56
FSC has facilitated the last of five regional meetings with representatives of indigenous and traditional peoples worldwide as part of the consultation process on the FSC Principles and Criteria (P&... Read more...
Talks resume between the USW and CONIFER today
14 Septembre 2009 13:22The United Steelworkers (USW) and the Council on Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations (CONIFER) are back at the bargaining table today. Today is the first round of talks since CONIFER ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater's unionized woodland workers in Thunder Bay finalize cost cutting agreement
14 Septembre 2009 12:58The United Steel Workers (USW), who represents the unionized woodland workers at AbitibiBowater's mill in Thunder Bay, Ontario have announced that their workers have voted 72% in favour of a deal ... Read more...
14 Septembre 2009 07:33
FSC would like to remind its members to vote for three candidates running for the FSC Board of Directors. FSC has extended the election deadline and requests members who have ... Read more...
Worthington Mackenzie pulp mill may soon have a new Chinese owner
13 Septembre 2009 12:35The United Petroleum Group of China, one of China's largest private oil companies, is close to purchasing the idled Worthington Mackenzie pulp mill for a rumoured $20 million. Worthington Mackenzie purchased ... Read more...
Terrace Bay Pulp's creditors await decision
12 Septembre 2009 20:45The creditors of Buchanan Forest Products' Terrace Bay Pulp were in court in Thunder Bay, Ontario this past week making their cases known to the judge. The pulp mill filed ... Read more...
Harmac's second line will be operating at full capacity by Monday
11 Septembre 2009 19:50Nanaimo Forest Product's Harmac pulp mill's second production line is up and running and is expected to be operating at full capacity by Monday. President Levi Sampson said almost all ... Read more...
FSC approves Controlled Wood Risk Assessment for Chilean plantations
11 Septembre 2009 05:38On the 18 August 2009, FSC approved the national risk assessment for sourcing FSC Controlled Wood from plantations in Chile. The risk assessment is mandatory for all companies sourcing FSC Controlled Wood ... Read more...
Larger forest holdings qualify for FSC SLIMF certification in Honduras
11 Septembre 2009 04:31... Read more...
FSC invites comments on final report from review of conversion policy
10 Septembre 2009 09:51A team of experts focused on the issue of conversion in the FSC Plantations Review has released a final report for consultation. FSC invites all interested stakeholders to comment on ... Read more...
Hampton Affiliates and Burns Lake Native Development Corporation talk wood supply with B.C.
09 Septembre 2009 08:02Hampton Affiliates and the Burns Lake Native Development Corporation met recently with the District Manager of Forests and Range to discuss the Lakes Timber Supply Area (LTSA). The timber supply ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater Receives Court Orders to Call for Creditor Claims
08 Septembre 2009 14:44AbitibiBowater has received approval for a process to call for creditor claims (the "Claims Process") by the Quebec Superior Court in Canada and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater finalizes sale of Quebec hydro asset - for $615 million
04 Septembre 2009 14:50AbitibiBowater has finalized a deal to sell its Manicouagan power plant for $615 million to a newly created joint venture formed by Hydro-Quebec and Alcoa Inc., the aluminum company. This transaction ... Read more...
Details of Ontario's shift of Forestry from the MNR to the MNDMF
03 Septembre 2009 20:50Wondering how the shift of the Forestry from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry will work? Now we have details: From ... Read more...
Tembec will sell 50% of Temrex Forest Products
03 Septembre 2009 17:51Tembec today concluded an agreement to sell its 50% equity interest in Temrex Forest Products LP and its general partner Gestion PFT Inc., (collectively “Temrex”) to Société générale ... Read more...
Kitwanga Lumber has been purchased by Pacific BioEnergy
03 Septembre 2009 13:10Pacific BioEnergy Corporation (PBEC) has hopes of expanding its wood pellet and biomass energy business by purchasing the assets of Kitwanga Lumber Company (KLC). The Kitwanga Lumber Company stopped operating ... Read more...
Forced liquidations possible now that Forest & Marine is in receivership
02 Septembre 2009 12:09Now that the Forest & Marine Group has gone into receivership, the loans of up to 35 contract loggers on B.C.'s coast will be called in. “There’s going ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater completes sale of 121,000 hectares of Quebec timberlands
02 Septembre 2009 11:52AbitibiBowater announced today that it has completed the sale of approximately 121,000 hectares (300,000 acres) of private timberlands in Quebec, Canada, for C$53 million in cash. AbitibiBowater plans to use the proceeds ... Read more...
New survey targets FSC demand from smallholders in Europe
02 Septembre 2009 08:42In addition to the current Market Survey 2009, FSC has launched a focused short survey that aims to collect data on the demand for FSC certified material from small holders in ... Read more...
FSC Forest Carbon Working Group to set upcoming priorities
02 Septembre 2009 03:34... Read more...
Ontario's Forests. Ontario's Future.
01 Septembre 2009 14:27The public will play a key role in helping Ontario’s forest industry balance economic success with sustainable practices. Released on August 27th, 2009, Ontario’s Forests, Ontario’s Future is ... Read more...
Canada's forest and paper sector losses slowed in Q2 of 2009: PricewaterhouseCoopers
01 Septembre 2009 11:54Canada's forest, paper & packaging (FPP) sector continued to be negatively impacted by the global economic downturn during the second quarter of 2009. According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) quarterly net earnings ... Read more...
Tembec has sold its Mattawa sawmill for $1
01 Septembre 2009 11:00Tembec's permanently closed sawmill in Mattawa, Ontario, along with its 55 hectare site, has been sold to the Mattawa Bonfield Economic Development Corp. for $1. The Development Corporation plans to advertise the ... Read more...
Tembec locks out employees at Pine Falls
01 Septembre 2009 08:40Tembec today confirmed that it has locked out employees at its Pine Falls newsprint mill following a failure to reach a new collective agreement. Site management and mill employees worked ... Read more...
Two union locals voted in favour of AbitibiBowater's agreement in Thunder Bay
31 Août 2009 17:36CEP Locals 257 and 39 voted in favour of AbitibiBowater's new proposed agreement on Saturday. The agreement outlined provisions, including recall, should the No.5 paper machine restart in Thunder Bay. "If the ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater wants to reduce energy costs in Thunder Bay
31 Août 2009 14:21AbitibiBowater's company officials are talking to the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) about the possibility of a co-generation plant. AbitibiBowater has a green-energy application filed with the OPA that would, if ... Read more...
Newfoundland and Labrador invests in sawmill industry
31 Août 2009 09:28The province of Newfoundland and Labrador has recently invested in two sawmill companies: Holson Forest Products and Burton’s Cove Logging and Lumber Limited. Holson Forest Products will receive $10 million ($7 ... Read more...
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited donates timber rights in Main River area to new provincial park
31 Août 2009 07:43Kruger's Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited has donated the timber rights of 49 km2 to the creation of the new Main River Waterway Provincial Park in Newfoundland. Not only did ... Read more...
Sexton Lumber Company receives provincial loan
29 Août 2009 03:01The Sexton Lumber Company, of Lethbridge, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, will be receiving a $2.25 million loan from the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government. The interest-free loan will be used by the ... Read more...
Tembec plans to lock out workers at Pine Falls newsprint operations
28 Août 2009 20:00In an all-out effort to take away some 35% in wage and benefit concessions from United Steelworkers and Canadian Office and Professional Employee Union members, Tembec Inc. negotiators have informed the ... Read more...
Silviculture funding announced for Nova Scotia
27 Août 2009 19:43$14 million in silviculture funding was announced today for Nova Scotia by the provincial and federal government. Hundreds of new jobs are expected to be created to thin, tend, and replant ... Read more...
Nova Scotia helps N.R. Kenney Logging with $500,000
27 Août 2009 07:36A commercial logging business in Pictou County, Nova Scotia is getting help from the province to maintain jobs and continue to provide forest products to mills in Nova Scotia and ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater plans to restart paper machine in Fort Frances
27 Août 2009 07:12AbitibiBowater is planning to restart the #6 Paper Machine in Fort Frances, Ontario for 3 weeks of orders. The restart will begin on September 8th. Paper Machine #6 has been down since March 6... Read more...
Globe and Mail specifies FSC in new procurement policy
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AbitibiBowater contract talks will start in late October
26 Août 2009 19:35Officials representing the unionized workers at AbitibiBowater's mill in Thunder Bay, Ontario met with the company today in Ottawa. A CEP spokesperson said the discussion helped establish a timetable for ... Read more...
United Steelworkers Interior Bargaining Committee launches website
26 Août 2009 09:15The United Steelworkers Interior Bargaining Committee has launched a new website - www.dealwithsteel.ca - to support the union's collective bargaining in the BC Interior forest industry. The website ... Read more...
Tembec calls Pine Falls employees back a week early
26 Août 2009 09:12All workers at Tembec's Pine Falls newsprint mill in Manitoba were called back to work a week earlier than expected. "They got some new orders," Cam Sokoloski, president of Local 3... Read more...
Abitibi Consolidated's old sulphite plant comes down in Kenora
26 Août 2009 07:36Abitibi Consolidated's sulphite plant was torn down yesterday in Kenora, Ontario. The old recycling plant and a couple of warehouses are the only other remaining buildings still standing on the ... Read more...
TFT-Fondation Chirac event calls for greater support for FSC
26 Août 2009 07:23The construction industry can play a fundamental role in promoting the use of FSC certified timber, emphasized speakers at a Fondation Chirac and TFT event in the French Quai Branley ... Read more...
Steelworkers Ratify New Agreement With Tolko Industries
25 Août 2009 19:53Today the United Steelworkers Local 1-324 Sawmill, and Woodland workers have ratified a new three year agreement with Tolko Industries retroactive to February 1st, 2009. Included in the new agreement will ... Read more...
Crofton mill will restart 1 production line
25 Août 2009 09:13Catalyst Paper today announced that it will restart one line of pulp production at its Crofton NBSK kraft mill on Vancouver Island, given improved market conditions. The kraft pulp mill ... Read more...
Kenora Forest Products and CEP Local 324 reach settlement
25 Août 2009 09:10Kenora Forest Products and the CEP Local 324 have reached a settlement. The company will be forced to pay severance and termination to its workers. The workers will receive a 40% payment ... Read more...
Sawlog prices near 5-year low globally
25 Août 2009 07:38The Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) in the 2Q/09, increased for the first time since late 2007, reaching $68.87/m3. The Index, which is based on conifer sawlog prices in 19 key regions ... Read more...
Fraser Papers mill reopens tomorrow
22 Août 2009 08:26Workers will return to their jobs at Fraser Papers mill in Edmunston, New Brunswick on Monday. After the unionized workers voted to accept concessions to save their mill and jobs, ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater and union still talking
21 Août 2009 11:12About 700 AbitibiBowater workers in Thunder Bay will likely vote on a tentative agreement next week, a day or two after 2 senior union officials meet with AbitibiBowater next week in Ottawa. ... Read more...
FSC Ireland invites comments on draft Irish forest management standard
21 Août 2009 02:45A new draft of the Irish FSC forest stewardship standard is out for public consultation. The draft represents the outcomes of challenging negotiations between economic, environmental and social stakeholders involved ... Read more...
CONIFER Disappointed by USW Blindness to Forest Industry Reality
20 Août 2009 07:50The Council on Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations (CONIFER) has taken a "time out" in its talks with the United Steelworkers of America on a new collective agreement. "We began ... Read more...
Brand recognition of FSC label in Switzerland at continuous growth
20 Août 2009 03:16A study by the Link Institute on behalf of WWF Switzerland has shown that recognition of the FSC label in Switzerland by private consumers has again increased in 2009. The survey, ... Read more...
Does a park's logging ban mean a logging road is also prohibited?
19 Août 2009 19:08There is a logging ban in Manitoba's Grassy River Provincial Park but Tolko wants approval to build a logging road through the park so the company can access the timber ... Read more...
Tentative union agreements reached with AbtibiBowater in Thunder Bay
19 Août 2009 18:40At least one of the unions at AbitibiBowater's mill in Thunder Bay, Ontario has reached a tentative new deal with the company. CEP Local 39 President Gary Bragnalo said Wednesday afternoon ... Read more...
CONIFER has walked away from contract talks with the United Steelworkers
19 Août 2009 16:48Contract talks ended between the United Steelworkers and CONIFER today in British Columbia when CONIFER walked away from the bargaining table. CONIFER, the Council on Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations, ... Read more...
FSC launches 2009 Market Survey
19 Août 2009 09:05FSC has launched the 2009 Market Survey to solicit valuable feedback from certificate holders. The survey is available in several languages and will be open online from now through 19 October 2009.... Read more...
Smurfit-Stone wants to sell 1 million acres to Quebec
18 Août 2009 20:26Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., currently under bankruptcy protection, wants to sell 1 million acres of its woodlands to the province of Quebec for $55.4 million. Smurfit-Stone is seeking approval of the Delaware bankruptcy ... Read more...
Former workers of Marathon Pulp may see deep pension cuts
18 Août 2009 09:57The former workers and retirees of Marathon Pulp in Ontario are now finding out how steep the cuts may be to their pension benefits. The provincial court appointed administrator for ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater continues to buy recycled paper
17 Août 2009 19:44The Columbus Dispatch recently published a story about the 800 recycling bins AbitibiBowater owns throughout Ohio - 800 of the more than 23,000 bins AbitibiBowater has placed across North America. In Ohio, the ... Read more...
Atlas Holdings LLC aquires Trus Joist from Weyerhaeuser
17 Août 2009 19:07Atlas Holding LLC has acquired the Trus Joist® Commercial division from Weyerhaeuser. Atlas will establish the division as an independent business, to be renamed RedBuilt. Its headquarters will be ... Read more...
Domtar is closing its Ear Falls sawmill indefinitely
17 Août 2009 14:27Domtar has decided to close its Ear Falls, Ontario sawmill indefinitely. The sawmill will close in October and 130 employees will be out of work. Domtar based their closure decision on ... Read more...
Ontario passes on St. Marys Paper's cogen proposal
15 Août 2009 22:37St. Marys Paper in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario has said its cogeneration plans were essential to their paper mill's survival. St. Marys Paper proposed a 35 MW multi-million-dollar cogeneration facility when ... Read more...
CEP's collective agreements have all expired in Eastern Canada
15 Août 2009 21:13All the Collective Agreements for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) workers in Eastern Canada's paper mills have now expired and new agreements aren't expected soon. One of the ... Read more...
Vote for FSC UK in the Optimist World Charity of the Year Awards
14 Août 2009 02:51FSC UK has been invited to take part in the Optimist World Charity of the Year Awards and are appealing to all members of FSC networks to lend their support ... Read more...
Bowater Mersey is closing for 5 weeks - 4th shutdown this year
13 Août 2009 20:03AbitibiBowater is closing its co-owned Bowater Mersey paper mill in Brooklyn, Nova Scotia for 5 weeks beginning on August 29th, until October 4th. This downtime will be the 4th shutdown at ... Read more...
Missing: $1.8 million of timber... And the ship carrying it.
13 Août 2009 12:19The cargo ship, the Arctic Sea, and the $1.8 million of timber that was on-board, has gone missing. The ship was destined for Algeria from Finland, then was briefly hijacked off ... Read more...
NewPage posts net loss of $6 million
13 Août 2009 10:48NewPage Corporation has posted a net quarterly loss of $6 million, compared to a larger net loss of $109 million in this year's first quarter, and $21 million in the second quarter of 2008. ... Read more...
Some of Thunder Bay's woodland workers laid off
13 Août 2009 07:10Some of the woodland workers in Thunder Bay, Ontario received their indefinite lay off notice from AbitibiBowater this week, and harvesting has been halted. There are roughly 400 woodland workers. Union ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater posts net loss of $510 million
12 Août 2009 14:41AbitibiBowater has posted their quarterly results and have reported a net loss of $510 million (or about $8.84 per share) with an operating loss of $285 million. In comparison, in the same quarter ... Read more...
Fraser Paper's workers vote to save their jobs, mill will re-open
12 Août 2009 08:04Fraser Paper's sulphite mill in Edmundston, New Brunswick will re-open after the mill's unionized workers voted last night to accept the company's final offer. More than 200 jobs will be saved. ... Read more...
Kimberly-Clark preferences FSC in revised procurement policy
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AbitibiBowater isn't prepared to post official quarterly result, but estimate large loss
11 Août 2009 12:16AbitibiBowater has announced that they are not prepared to file their quarterly results on time, due to the significant time and effort required to prepare financial statements according to bankruptcy ... Read more...
FSC forum brings indigenous people together for P&C Review consultation
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[CWP] New office in Quebec city - New name - New web site
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Brookfield Asset Management reports increase in profits
10 Août 2009 07:28Brookfield Asset Management, the company that now controls Fraser Papers Inc., wood panel producer Norbord Inc., and Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund, has reported a quarterly net income of $147 million (... Read more...
AbitibiBowater doesn't think the Thunder Bay mill is sustainable, even with just 1 paper machine
07 Août 2009 20:48Dougall Media in Thunder Bay obtained a confidential letter of intent from AbitibiBowater to its 5 unions representing the workers of the Thunder Bay mill. In the letter, it states: "As ... Read more...
Union rejects final offer from Fraser Papers
07 Août 2009 08:00The union of Fraser Paper Inc.'s Edmundston mill have voted to reject the company's final contract offer. As a result, Fraser Papers will keep the sulphite pulp operation closed ... Read more...
Fraser Papers posts net loss of $8 million
06 Août 2009 21:33Fraser Papers Inc. has posted a net quarterly loss of $8 million (US), down from their previous quarter's loss of $15.6 million. Throughout the quarter, the company only operated its lumber mills ... Read more...
Reminder: FSC invites comments on first comprehensive review of Principles and Criteria
06 Août 2009 10:37FSC is calling for FSC members, National Initiatives, certification bodies and all other interested parties to comment on Draft 2-0 of Version 5 of the Principles and Criteria (P&C) before 4 ... Read more...
FSC Australia announces call for nominations - Annual Responsible Forest Management Awards
06 Août 2009 03:30FSC Australia has announced a call for submissions for the second Annual Responsible Forest Management Awards. Organizations are invited to sponsor the prestigious awards which will be presented in Melbourne ... Read more...
The Cheslatta Nation starts paddle business
05 Août 2009 21:38In an excellent example of refocusing to create jobs and income when times are tough, the Cheslatta Nation in British Columbia has started to manufacture wooden canoe paddles. The small ... Read more...
Update on B.C. Interior sawmill negotiations
05 Août 2009 20:39Negotiations are continuing, albeit slowly, in British Columbia's Interior sawmill sector. Another session is scheduled for 3 days next week in Williams Lake between the United Steelworkers and an industry group ... Read more...
Four B.C. companies approved to produce and sell power to BC Hydro
05 Août 2009 20:32Four companies have been approved to generate and sell power to BC Hydro by burning waste wood in pulp mills. The operations are: Domtar's pulp mill in Kamloops Canfor Pulp ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater cuts head office staff by 25%
05 Août 2009 20:22AbitibiBowater believes it can save $100 million (US) a year by cutting its head office staff by 25%. Right now, AbitibiBowater has about 700 employees including 400 in Montreal. 175 of the 700 employees will laid ... Read more...
AbitibiBowater shuts down 2 paper machines in Thunder Bay
05 Août 2009 12:35AbitibiBowater is shutting down the No. 4 and No. 5 paper machine in Thunder Bay, Ontario later this month. The shutdown is indefinite and will affect 360 employees. The high operating costs at ... Read more...
B.C.'s forest fire situation is so severe international assistance is being considered
04 Août 2009 12:11100 new forest fires have started in British Columbia in just the last 24 hours. (9 were human starts and 91 were caused by lightning). 1000 of B.C.'s own provincial firefighters are fighting ... Read more...
Domtar reports net earnings of $48 million
04 Août 2009 08:16Domtar has reported a net earning of $48 million on sales of $1.3 billion in its second quarter. These results can be compared to a net loss of $45 million for the first ... Read more...
Kruger reduces production in Quebec temporarily
31 Juillet 2009 13:31Kruger Inc. is temporarily cutting back production at its Québec paper mills this August and September, by interrupting production for periods of one to three weeks depending on the ... Read more...
ASI-Accreditation Services International (ASI) welcomes two new staff members
31 Juillet 2009 09:46ASI-Accreditation Services International (ASI) is pleased to welcome two new members to its team. Dr. Sasha Bosbeer and Ms. Barbara Hiller will both further the work of ASI-Accreditation Services International (... Read more...
New FSC good practice guide focuses on biodiversity in small-scale and low intensity forest operations (SLIMFs)
31 Juillet 2009 03:33FSC has published a new guide intended to help managers and owners of small-scale and low intensity forest operations maintain or improve the management of biodiversity and High Conservation Values (... Read more...
FSC certified timber specified for 2014 Winter Olympics
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FSC releases literature review on the outcomes and impacts of FSC certification
21 Juillet 2009 08:54FSC has published a compilation of findings on the outcomes and impacts of FSC certification in and beyond the forest, in a literary review of independent research. The report uncovers ... Read more...
Final drafts of FSC complaints procedures out for public consultation
21 Juillet 2009 08:00The final drafts of two FSC procedures, developed to ensure timely, independent and effective resolution of complaints submitted by FSC stakeholders, are out for public consultation. FSC invites all interested ... Read more...
New FSC guide addresses pest management in forests and plantations
21 Juillet 2009 06:16FSC has published a new guide which provides a framework for integrated pest, disease and weed management (IPM) in FSC certified forests and plantations. The guide is one of several ... Read more...
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