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OptiSaw opens registration, announces preliminary agenda

OptiSaw – the must-attend forum for those driving the future of sawmilling – has opened registrations for the one-day information-packed event in Richmond, B.C., on June 5.


Canada’s Ambassador to the US to address COFI Convention

David MacNaughton was appointed Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. in March 2016. Working closely with Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, the ambassador has been integrally involved in representing Canada's interests on softwood lumber and in NAFTA negotiations, COFI writes.


Come to the CWF 2018 spring meeting!

The CWF 2018 Spring Meeting is a recognized annual event that attracts well over 300 representatives of the forest sector from across the region.
 
 
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Love of logging: Derek Tchir continues family contracting business

Derek Tchir is a logger because he likes the smell of trees. He’s surprised when I tell him that’s the first time I’ve heard that response, editor Maria Church writes in her exclusive profile of Tchir Forest Products in Lac La Biche, Alta. » Read more...
 
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Investing in success: Quebec contractor seizes new business opportunity

In the Rouge-Matawin wildlife preserve, a crew of young foresters is busy at work in a predominantly softwood sector about an hour’s drive away from Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Que. » Read more...
 
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Springer Group acquires FinScan

International technology supplier Springer Group has acquired a majority stake in Finnish company FinScan. » Read more...

Reclaiming old growth timber in Saskatchewan

Lincoln Dobson’s Buena Vista, Sask.,-based business, Last Mountain Timber Wrighting and Recycling, helps to preserve existing old growth forests while providing some of the soundest, richly-textured, appearance grade wood available for new construction, Tony Kryzanowski writes. » Read more...
 
 
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Globe Forum Vancouver

March 14-16, 2018
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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International Mass Timber Conference

March 20-22, 2018
Location: Portland, Ore.
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