Thank you for visiting the Tree Frog News

The Tree Frog Forestry News

October 8, 2025

Category: Today's Takeaway

Hello early bird! We just want you to know that the news team is busy adding stories to this page. Be sure to check back at 8:30 am (PST) for the full line up of articles.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor

Steelworkers urge Carney to defend Canadian jobs as US Lumber Coalition turns up the rhetoric
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

United Steelworkers union called on Prime Minister Carney to defend Canadian jobs ahead of today’s meeting with President Trump — while the US Lumber Coalition accused Canada of trying to … → Read More
Deal reached to save Ontario’s Kapuskasing Paper Mill from closure
Monday, October 6, 2025

Federal and Provincial governments have agreed to support Ontario’s Kapuskasing Paper Mill, averting its closure. In related news: Carney and Trump meet tomorrow to talk trade and tariffs; Derek Nighbor … → Read More
Scale up efforts to reduce BC wildfire risk or face dire consequences
Friday, October 3, 2025

A new study by wildfire experts says BC must spend more now on wildfire mitigation to avoid dire consequences in the future. In related news: the US shutdown is causing … → Read More
US tariffs on Canadian lumber are absurd, means Russia now has preferential access to the US market
Thursday, October 2, 2025

BC Premier Eby says American tariffs on BC lumber are absurd, means Russia now has preferential access to the US market. In related commentary: USW’s Jeff Bromley: US tariffs are … → Read More
Imposition of additional duties on Canadian lumber is unjustified: Nighbor
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Imposition of additional duties on Canadian lumber is unjustified, says FPAC’s Derek Nighbor. In related commentary: NAHB’s Buddy Hughes: New tariffs add headwinds to housing market BCLTC’s Kurt Niquidet: Tariffs … → Read More

Demand is not coming to the rescue for the forest industry, thus capacity rationalization and supply discipline are crucial, By Kevin Mason, Managing Director, ERA Forest Products Research

Forestry is the solution for a stronger British Columbia, By Kim Haakstad (COFI) and Peter Lister (TLA), The Times Colonist

From decline to growth: Getting Canadian forestry’s swagger back, By Derek Nighbor, FPAC President and CEO

Setting the Record Straight On Softwood Lumber Trade between Canada and the United States, By Russ Taylor and David Elstone, Russ Taylor Global and Spar Tree Group

2025 is a supply-side story as demand is weak across all forest product segments, by Kevin Mason, Managing Director, ERA Forest Products Research