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October 16, 2019 |
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Last week, the industry advisory committee helping to organize DEMO International 2020 got an update about the event and another look at the active logging site just north of Ottawa/Gatineau.
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Last November, the government announced a $467K investment in CIF’s three-year action plan aimed at attracting and retaining women to careers in forestry. Kristina Urquhart checked in with Kelly Cooper, head of the steering committee developing the plan, to get an update.
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According to the Wood Resource Quarterly, thanks to lower lumber prices and only small adjustments in sawlog costs in the 2Q/19, sawmills in North America saw their profit margins decline again.
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Mass timber is set to take off in North America. But what does this mean for Canada’s forest industry? To answer that question, CFI hosted a webinar on Oct. 8 about North America’s mass timber landscape, moderated by Canadian Wood Council’s Peter Moonen, featuring speakers from Structurlam, Element5 and Nordic. Here are some key takeaways.
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To acknowledge and highlight each winner of our Top 10 Under 40, CFI will feature one of 2019’s winners every week for the next 10 weeks. This week, we introduce our readers to Zachary Wagman, green jobs manager for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
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Tigercat has completed the purchase of Ragnar Original Innovations (ROI), which manufactures material processing machinery used in the construction, forestry and recycling industries.
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Hal Raper, CFO and woodlands manager for Maritime Lumber (which owns Miramichi Lumber), believes the cause of the fire was arson. It will cost $15 million to replace the building and its equipment.
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