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Reuters takes on FSC and SFI, claims Canada is logging its climate fighting forests
Monday, September 9, 2024

Reuters takes on FSC and SFI, claims Canada is logging its climate fighting forests. In related news: an ex-BC constable says the BC forestry policing service has been hobbled; ENGOs … → Read More
Canfor mill closures spur calls for government action
Friday, September 6, 2024

Canfor mill closures spur calls for government action. They include: Vancouver Sun’s Derrick Penner: BC communities eye difficult transitions COFI’s Linda Coady: Closures underscore need for action to address root … → Read More
Canfor to close two BC sawmills, reduce production in US South
Thursday, September 5, 2024

Canfor plans to close of its Plateau and Fort St. John, BC sawmills and reduce production in US South operations. In related news: BC’s forest minister, union and BC mayor … → Read More
UBC startup invents wood-based filter that destroys “forever chemicals”
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

A University of BC startup invented a wood-based filtration system that captures and neutralizes “forever chemicals“. In other Business news: US railways reach tentative agreement, as experts debate Canada’s move … → Read More
Natural resource jobs contribute most to Canadians’ standard of living
Tuesday, September 3, 2024

The former head of BC’s public service says natural resource jobs contribute most to Canadians’ standard of living. In related news: lumber duties are set to rise but future increases … → Read More

Is It Time for Canadian Forest Products Firms to Focus on Political Risk Management? (Part 2 of 2), By Robert McKellar, Harmattan Risk

Is It Time for Canadian Forest Products Firms to Focus on Political Risk Management? (Part 1 of 2), By Robert McKellar, Harmattan Risk

Increasing wildfire risk requires new thinking on conservation, By David Elstone, Managing Director, The Spar Tree Group

Canada’s passive approach to forest maintenance is helping to fuel wildfire scourge, By Derek Nighbor, Forest Products Association of Canada, The Financial Post

EU Deforestation Regulation enforcement could come with an extended (Brexit-like) adjustment period, By Kevin Mason, Managing Director, ERA Forest Products Research

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