Merry Christmas from the Tree Frog News Team

By Sandy McKellar

Tree Frog Forestry news

December 22, 2020

Category: Special Feature

Region: Canada

Drax to pay $33 million for wood pellet data reporting breach
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Drax has agreed to pay a £25 million penalty for misreporting some data about biomass imports from Canada. In related news: the Williams Lake, BC biomass plant is still in … → Read More
Canada-US relations take centre stage at federal cabinet retreat
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

With the US election looming, Canada-US relations take centre stage at federal cabinet retreat. In other Business news: the UK is urged to cut Drax subsidies; Montana’s Pyramid Lumber ceases … → Read More
Canadian rail decision lauded by business, panned by union
Tuesday, August 27, 2024

The Canadian back-to-work rail decision—lauded by business, panned by union—echoes past rail shutdowns. In other Business news: a fire damaged Maine’s Sebastian Lumber mill; Timberlab is set to announce its … → Read More
Canadian Labour Board orders rail workers back to work, imposes binding arbitration
Monday, August 26, 2024

Canada’s Labour Relations Board ruling ends railway work stoppage, imposes binding arbitration. In other Business news: BC Forests Minister says the US is ‘playing hardball‘ on lumber duties; US new … → Read More
Canada puts a quick end to railway shutdown
Friday, August 23, 2024

Canada moved to end the railway shutdown quickly as the lockout was already hurting BC and Ontario’s forestry sector. In other news: CPKC workers plan to challenge the Minister’s direction; … → 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