Western Forest Products has temporarily shut down APD Sawmill in Port Alberni for the next six months, putting more than 100 forestry employees out of work.

BOSTON--Sappi North America, a leading global producer and supplier of diversified woodfibre products, today announced the approval of a $418 million capital project to convert Paper Machine No. 2 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan, Maine to increase its capacity and produce solid bleached sulfate board (SBS) products.

ATLANTA-- WestRock Company [NYSE: WRK], a leading provider of sustainable paper and packaging solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to wholly divest its ownership interest in RTS Packaging, LLC, to joint venture partner Sonoco Products Company [NYSE: SON] for $330 million, subject to customary price adjustments.

Gardner, MA: Seaman Paper Company, a leading global manufacturer of environmentally sustainable specialty paper and packaging solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of South Windsor, Connecticut-based Eagle Tissue LLC, a provider of tissue paper printing and converting services.

The province is providing $1.5 million for three Thunder Bay projects that will train Indigenous people for skilled trades work.

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Nov. 9, 2022 - Cascades is proud to announce that its Canadian Retail Tissue division has ranked #1 in the Household paper category in the 2022 voice of retailer feedback survey conducted by the Advantage Group International.

DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2022 — Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), a global leader in industrial packaging products and services, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lee Container Corporation, Inc. (“Lee Container” or “Lee”), an industry-leading manufacturer of high-performance barrier and conventional blow molded containers, for a purchase price of $300 million before taking into consideration tax benefits with an estimated net present value of approximately $30 million.

The scenery looks a lot different driving down North Black Branch Road these days. That’s because construction on the $114 million Kruger Packaging E’town Plant is now complete.

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Nov. 3, 2022 - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, announces the permanent shutdown of the corrugator at its Belleville facility, as part of the continuing optimization initiatives of the Corporation's Containerboard Packaging platform in Ontario.

Jim Schneider, VP of Operations at Sustana Fiber, explains how consumers, manufacturers, and recyclers can work together to accelerate the circular economy.

QUEBEC CITY - Quebec was lucky this year to benefit from a season during which very little forest area burned.

Greif’s Paper Packaging and Services Division announceinvestment in recycling facilities

WILDLIGHT, Fla.--Rayonier Inc. (NYSE:RYN) announced today that the company has entered into two separate agreements to acquire approximately 172,400 acres of high-quality commercial timberlands located in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana (the “Acquisitions”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $474 million from Manulife Investment Management, a leading timberland investment manager.

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Nov. 3, 2022 - Cascades announces that all of its consumer products packaging manufactured under the Cascades Fresh^TM, Cascades E-Com Packaging Solutions^TM, Cascades IMGN Retail Solutions^TM and northbox^TM brands have been submitted to How2Recycle® for an evaluation of their recyclability potential.

With promises to rejuvenate forests from the air, tree-planting start-ups are looking to supplement shovels and long days of labour with swarms of seed-bearing aerial drones. A growing target: B.C.'s burnt forests.

The owners of the idled Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County, N.S., have been granted another six months of protection from creditors.

MONTREAL, Oct. 31, 2022 - Stockholders of Resolute Forest Products Inc. ("Resolute" or the "company") (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today approved a proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 5, 2022 (as it may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "merger agreement"), by and among the company, Domtar Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Domtar"), Terra Acquisition Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Domtar ("Merger Sub"), Karta Halten B.V., a private limited company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, and Paper Excellence B.V., a private limited company organized under the laws of the Netherlands, pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the company (the "merger"), with the company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Domtar.

2 Teams from FIT and Team from Cal Poly Take Home Top Prizes

Vancouver Island’s forestry operations are expected to see a decline this year and remain below pre-pandemic levels of production, as the B.C. government calls forestry an industry in transition.

Resolute Forest Products shareholders gave their approval to the $2.7 billion acquisition offer from Paper Excellence Group on Monday during a virtual meeting.

This afternoon, Nova Scotia time, the British Columbia Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether Northern Pulp and six affiliates should get yet another six-month extension – their eighth – of the creditor protection the Paper Excellence companies have been enjoying since June 2020 under the Companies’ Creditor Arrangement Act or CCAA.