Black Press Ltd., a West Coast community-news empire, is being restructured and sold. In related news: Pixelle sold its paper mill assets in Jay, Maine; Enviva missed a payment to its bondholders; Cascades is celebrating 60 years; Canfor adds hydrogen power to its Prince George pulp mill; and more on Ontario’s Terrace Bay pulp mill closure.

In other news: Atlantic Canada looks to modular housing to increase its housing supply; Canada’s inflation rate dashes hope of an early interest rate cut; a Saskatchewan First Nation is raising logging concerns; Montana pushes back on Senator Daines’ wilderness proposal; researchers are assessing smoke hazards from California prescribed burns; and a story on keeping Idaho’s ‘working forests working’.

Finally, stay safe as frigid and snowy weather is hitting much of Canada and the US.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor