An economic recovery in the U.S. will take longer than expected, Goldman Sachs predicted last week, due to a failure by governments in the U.S. to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

If you’ve recently noticed a reddish tinge to local evergreen trees, you’re not alone, as Northeastern Ontario is experiencing a surge in the spruce budworm, a native defoliating insect.

July 10, 2020 - Ottawa, Ontario - Canada’s forests provide a wide range of economic, social and environmental benefits for our country, including as an important source of employment for communities from coast to coast

Northern Pulp, the mill that turned an estuary into a series of polluted ponds, closed after decades of complaints by Pictou Landing First Nation.

HALIFAX, NS, July 8, 2020 - Unifor is urging the Nova Scotia government to work with Northern Pulp to secure Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) financing amid the company's restructuring.

WASHINGTON – American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) proposed rule:

As we continue to investigate the linkages between the anti-corruption and climate change movements, it would be naive to not consider illegal logging.

PRINCE GEORGE - A fire at Brink Forest Products on River Road early yesterday afternoon, remains under investigation. Crews arrived to find on site crews working to contain a large chip pile on fire in the building.

An appeal by CN Rail against a 2018 decision regarding fines levied for a fire in 2015 near Lytton has not gone CN's way.

VICTORIA — The community of Mackenzie rallied last week to protest job losses from the disruption of operations in the town’s three major employers in the forest industry.

A spokesperson at Domtar says the amount of odour going into the air from its Kamloops pulp mill has not increased.

Sappi North America will cut 30 percent of its workforce and shut down a paper machine in Westbrook, and Pixelle Specialty Solutions is stopping its pulp operation and laying off dozens at its mill in Jay.

COVID-19 has hurt demand for paper and pulp, and biomass is struggling against renewables and oil. Biomass, pulpwood and saw logs make up almost all the wood harvested in the Northeast.

ST. FRANCISVILLE - The state announced Thursday that Hood Container of Louisiana LLC will invest more than $50 million into its paper mill in West Feliciana Parish.

If you’ve recently noticed a reddish tinge to local evergreen trees, you’re not alone, as Northeastern Ontario is experiencing a surge in the spruce budworm, a native defoliating insect.

DRYDEN, Ont. — As a heat wave grips much of Ontario, dozens of forest fires are burning across the province’s north.

Mattawa, ON –Wednesday,July 8, 2020 –As the national voice of forest practitioners, the Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada (the Institute) fosters public awareness, promotes competency among forestry professionals, and pursues partnerships, such as with the Centre for Social Intelligence to proudly champion the Gender Equity in Canada’s Forest Sector National Action Plan.

Beetle-mania seems to be gripping North Bay lately as numerous black bugs with hard wings and long antennae make their presence known — and occasionally felt.

TORONTO, ON (July 6, 2020) – Norbord Inc. (TSX and NYSE: OSB) today announced an update regarding the second quarter 2020 capacity utilization of its North American oriented strand board (OSB) and European panel mills.

Weyerhaeuser will pay a $182,000 fine stemming from a 2017 incident at their Hudson Bay operations when a worker was seriously injured by a forklift.

Northern Pulp’s owners are approved for a $50 million loan to keep the company functioning while under creditor protection.