Canada’s fiscal update sees higher deficits and debt. In related news: despite Canada’s gloomy outlook and fiscal restraint goals, FPAC finds silver lining in recognition of biomass technologies. In other Business news: Meadow Lake Pulp mill ordered to pay fine; Enviva is at a crossroads due to a wrong-way bet on pellets; US home size trends down again; UPM announces first ever wood-based fleece jacket; and Australia is building a new paper recycling plant.

In Forestry/Climate news: Minister Heyman defends CleanBC climate plan; drought causes die-offs of Pacific Northwest red cedars; timber wars redux comes to Montana’s Yaak Valley; European wildfires called a climate change warning; and Sweden branches out with bioeconomy startups.

Finally, Christmas Tree Syndrome sends Ohio woman to the hospital.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor