KINGSPORT — Domtar has looked for the last two years into repurposing key paper machines as the company adjusts its white paper production capacity to match customer demand.

Zibi to Become National Capital Region’s First Carbon-Neutral Community thanks to Innovative Partnership with Hydro Ottawa and Kruger Products

ATLANTA -- WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK) announced today that it plans to reduce its solid bleached sulphate (SBS) mill system production capacity by 200,000 tons by shutting down one paper machine at its Evadale, Texas, mill.

TOLEDO — In a message emailed to community leaders on Wednesday, Georgia-Pacific Public Affairs Manager C.J. Drake announced that a $63,600 penalty had been assessed by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for Georgia-Pacific’s non-compliance with its federal Title V air operating permit.

Nova Scotia regulators have rejected an attempt by Resolute Forest Products to obtain confidential business information from its paper-making rival, Port Hawkesbury Paper.

CALGARY - Forest product market analysts expect prices for lumber and building panels in North America will remain strong for several years despite recent price declines after an unprecedented surge to record high levels over the summer.

A substantial number of furloughed employees at Interfor could head back to work for the Gilchrist Sawmill when it reopens under new ownership in November.

October 8, 2020 - Ottawa, Ontario - The health of Canada’s forests keeps our economy strong, sustains good jobs and preserves our environment.

Although the current spruce beetle outbreak has affected more than 1.3 million hectares of forest, much of it in the Prince George area during the past six years, the forest damage is still far less than what the mountain pine beetle did.

Vancouver, B.C. – A new study conducted by iTotem Technologies Ltd. for the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) and released today found that in 2019, COFI member companies purchased $7billion worth of goods and services from nearly 9,900 B.C.–based companies and Indigenous suppliers located in every region of the province.

A supply chain study of forestry in B.C. concludes that it's not just rural sawmill towns that benefit from logging, sawmilling and pulp mills.

Forestry companies can better develop and adapt their businesses with easier access to financing. This has been a common theme delivered by the sector and that is why government has developed an improved lending program for forestry companies.

MOULTRIE, Ga. – Property in the area of Ninth Avenue and Sixth Street Northeast is going from the City of Moultrie to the Canfor lumber company via the Moultrie-Colquitt County Land Bank. The Moultrie City Council approved the abandonment of this property to the Land Bank at Tuesday’s meeting.

The former Kenora Forest Products sawmill has new ownership.

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Oct. 8, 2020 - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in eco–friendly recycling, packaging and hygiene solutions, announces that it will progressively and permanently close tissue production and converting operations at its Ransom and Pittston plants, located in Pennsylvania, between December 7 and January 31^st of 2021.

The catastrophic wildfires experienced in Western Canada and the United States over the past few years are one of the most visible aspects of climate change’s effect on forests, but there are other indicators that aren’t as publicized, says Bill Beese, a Vancouver Island University (VIU) Forestry Professor and Forest Ecologist.

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry minister Devin Dresshen was in Cochrane today to stress the important role being played by the forest sector in the province's economic recovery.

PORT ALICE -- Neucel Specialty Cellulose's bankruptcy will cost the province an additional $9 million to decommission the abandoned pulp mill in Port Alice.

It might sound counterintuitive, but COVID-19 led B.C.'s tree planters to have one of their "healthiest years ever," according to an industry representative.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres — in a fire season that is far from over.

Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS) ("Cascades" or the "Company"), a leader in eco-friendly recycling, hygiene and packaging solutions, is pleased to announce plans to proceed with the strategic Bear Island mill conversion project located in Virginia.