North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring said the announcement that the province is investing $5.85 million in green projects at Catalyst Paper’s mill in Crofton is good for the environment and the local economy.

MONTREAL — Resolute Forest Products Inc. is announcing two acquisitions it says will improve the competitiveness of its wood products operations.

WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today released new industry guidance aiming to give consumers confidence on the recyclability of paper padded mailers.

Vancouver, BC — Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (TSX:CFX) is announcing a minimum six-week curtailment of BCTMP production at Taylor Pulp in response to significant transportation shortages that have resulted in inventories at the pulp mill reaching capacity.

Sale agreement finalized with Menasha Corporation to purchase Color-Box business and four supporting corrugated plants

Vancouver, BC – Today Canfor Corporation (TSX:CFP) announced the permanent reduction of 150 million board feet of production capacity at its Plateau Sawmill to resize the facility and align it with the available, sustainable timber supply in the region following the devastating impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle infestation and other constraints on the timber harvesting land base.

[Richmond, BC] – Paper Excellence today announced an indefinite production slowdown of its Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan BCTMP mill due to repeated lack of railway service.

MONTRÉAL, Feb. 14, 2022 - Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced two separate transactions to grow and improve the competitiveness of its wood products business.

COMBINED LOCKS – Local paper manufacturer Midwest Paper Group has been sold to McKinley Paper Company.

A notable event occurred in Townsite last Friday (February 4) as the last crew of workers left the Catalyst Paper Tis'kwat mill, formally marking the ultimate closure of the vast human enterprise that once formed the community of Powell River as we know it.

The Western Forest Products Chemainus sawmill is under a production curtailment.

Northern Pulp has applied to the British Columbia Supreme Court to send its $450-million lawsuit against the province to mandatory mediation. The motion was filed Friday with the court as part of its ongoing creditor protection proceedings.

FREDERICTON, NB:  J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) are pleased to announce applications for the JDI NB  Leadership Scholarships are now being accepted until March 1, 2022. 

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Feb. 10, 2022 - The Cascades units in Kingsey Falls, Victoriaville and Drummondville showed remarkable generosity this year by donating a record-breaking $705,800 to Centraide. This donation exceeded last year's amount by $77,200, surpassing the $700,000 mark for the first time.

PRINCE GEORGE-Two of the country’s largest pulp and paper unions, Unifor and the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC), have ratified a new collective agreement for 900 workers at Canfor.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 2, 2022 – HP Inc. today announced the acquisition of Choose Packaging, a packaging development company and inventor of the only commercially available zero-plastic paper bottle in the world.

WASHINGTON – The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Heidi Brock issued the following statement in support of the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (RCAA), introduced by U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE), John Boozman (R-AR) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (RIAA), introduced by Senator Capito.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 3, 2022 -- International Paper (NYSE: IP) has been named to FORTUNE magazine's list of World's Most Admired Companies for the nineteenth time.

Pregis EverTec™ lightweight, paper cushioned mailer, developed for increasing e-commerce fulfillment demands, has just received independent certification of recyclability.

Harmac Pacific’s Nanaimo pulp mill will receive $12 million from the province to reduce its natural-gas use by upgrading its biomass boiler system, as part of more than $166 million in clean-technology funding announced Monday.

B.C.’s latest round of grants from the CleanBC Industry Fund pays for conversion of equipment at five pulp mills to reduce their natural gas use, while most of the rest of the $70 million goes to natural gas production facilities in Northeast B.C. to get them to switch processes to electricity.