The road to recovery for the resource sector is more about markets and balance sheets. Here are the headlines:

• COVID-19 has led to nearly two-dozen mill curtailments in BC
• BC’s resource sector reboot is more about markets
• China rebounds but predictions muted due to fears of second wave
• Canada looks for access inroads in China’s reopening
• An international view of COVID’s impact on the timber industry
• Norbord, Weyerhaeuser, Rayonier and LP report Q1 earnings

In other news: Alberta increases fibre access to save jobs; BC’s First Nation bans planting on its lands; BC stumpage deferral falls short for First Nations; and Williams Lake flood linked to wildfire and deforestation.

Finally, a new date for the mass timber conference and newbies in the #TreeFrogICU.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor