Despite ‘positive‘ meeting with President Trump, Prime Minister Carney returns home without a deal to remove US tariffs. In related news: Alberta’s Premier Smith speaks to US trade tensions at AFPA meeting; John Brink says tariffs on lumber are bizarre; and FPAC’s Derek Nighbor say’s there’s a reason Americans want Canadian wood. In other Business news: Cascades sells its Flexible Packaging plant in Mississauga; Canada’s trade gap widens; and lumber futures ease.

In other news: could offsite construction be Canada’s homebuilding’s saviour; mass timber takes centre stage in North Bay, Ontario; scientists say Canada’s forests are drying out; and its Fire Prevention week in America. Meanwhile: COFI announced its 2025 Forestry Scholarship recipients; UBC’s Faculty of Forestry received two CIF Awards; SFI-US announced Forest Stewardship Standard 2.0; and NeLMA elected Hancock Lumber’s Matt Duprey as board chair.

Finally, the first rural hospital-base air ambulance program was started by a Montana logger.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor