Canada announced $1.5B support for tariff-impacted steel, aluminum and copper related industries. In related news: BC Premier Eby pushes back, questions why softwood lumber was left out. Meanwhile: Carney adopts Eby’s position on Cowichan Nation title case; New Brunswick Wolastoqey Nation claim awaits Supreme Court direction; ERA’s Kevin Mason’s latest on forest product markets; Boise Cascade reports Q1, 2026 net income; and there’s still hope for the shuttered pulp mills in Terrace Bay, Ontario, and Crofton, BC.

On Day 2 of Wildfire Resilience and Awareness Week: improving wildfire behaviour predictions (with Forsite’s Fuel ID tool); changing how we think about wildfire science (a FPAC policy webinar) and improving planning through collaboration (via the Wildfire Resilience Consortium of Canada). In related news: Alberta released its new wildfire firefighting strategy; Oregon readies for another tough year; and fuel prices raise aerial firefighting costs. Meanwhile: the US Endowment partners on innovation, calls for balanced forest markets; and the long awaited simplification of the EU Deforestation Regulation is called a bust.

Finally, the 2026 SFI Annual Conference kicks-off today in Montreal.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor