The BC Supreme Court has approved the sale of Teal-Jones operations to Gillfor Manufacturing. In related news: Smurfit Westrock acquires a Chilean containerboard and corrugated firm; Greif exits the coated recycled paperboard market; lumber futures fell to a 9-month low; pellet producers face a diesel-cost surge; US 30-year mortgages top 7%; and Europe’s softwood market faces weak demand, and a potential price war.
In Wood Products news: architect Michael Green is recognized with Visionary Award; Think Wood reports on mass timbers’ success at the 2026 AIA awards; Timberlab gives salvaged glulam a new role; Turkey and Ireland move to increase timber use; BC Wood launches an HR Essentials seminar; and ready or not, here comes the EU’s new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
In Forestry news: West Fraser-Williams Lake partners with First Nation on stewardship; University of Calgary finds high levels of inbreeding among caribou populations; UBC Forestry earns SAF accreditation; US National Science Foundation researchers map wildfire risk in real time; California reports progress on wildfire preparedness; and Washington state scales back its old-growth protection plan.
Finally, the Wood Pellet Association of Canada recognized its longtime president Vaughan Bassett.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor