The closure of Canfor’s pulp mill has renewed calls by industry, unions and lawmakers to reverse BC’s forestry crisis. In related news: COFI’s Kim Haakstad says the sector is in “medical emergency” territory; Unifor, the Truck Loggers Association warn of wider impacts; and Resource Works’ Stuart Muir says Ottawa confirms the province’s crisis is largely “homegrown.” In other Business news: International Paper is closing its packaging facility in Texas; Premier David Eby promotes BC wood construction in China; the US imposes new tariffs on Brazilian paper and other products; US builder sentiment remains weak, Canadian housing starts fall, and oil prices face renewed upside risk.

In Forestry/Wildfire news: Vancouver Island communities mourn professionals killed in a helicopter crash; Teamsters urge CN to stop running trains through active wildfire zones; Saskatchewan and BC report active fires; and Ontario wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations in several First Nations. Meanwhile: a new study says that Trump’s logging plan threatens drinking water for 25 million Americans; and Tasmania debates the future of old-growth logging. 

Finally, another Seedy Business story by forestry veteran Don Pigott—this time on Haida Gwaii in ’83.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor