Judson Beaumont 1960-2020

Stalled exports due to rail blockades create a growing backlog of ships in BC’s ports, as federal MPs gear up to debate the crisis. In Company news: Canfor Corp’s and Canfor Pulp’s 2019 and Q4 results; Domtar Kamloops’ fibre challenge; Catalyst Paper’s malware hiccup; and Western Forest Products is back to work Monday. Meanwhile: good news on the US housing front. 

In other news: a BC Mayor calls for resolution of the Canfor/Interfor timber sale; BC First Nations’ get good audit results; ENGO’s file lawsuit over Ontario’s Temagami forest plan; and mass timber makes headway in fire-fearing Chicago, but faces setbacks in post-Grenfell-fire London. 

Finally, the tributes roll in for Judson Beaumont, who changed the way we think about wood and furniture.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor