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New buyer emerges for Marathon Pulp

New buyer emerges for Marathon Pulp

A new frontrunner has emerged as a potential purchaser of the former Marathon Pulp mill in northwestern Ontario. Reliance Developments Corporation has signed a letter of intent with Tembec to acquire the shuttered mill and its lakeside property.
Forestry group angered by cuts to Crown roads budget

Forestry group angered by cuts to Crown roads budget

The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) intends to make an election issue out of the Wynne government’s decision to make drastic cuts to a Crown forest roads funding program.

Resolute axes Fort Frances mill

Montreal’s Resolute Forest Products made a not-so-shocking decision this week to permanently close its mothballed Fort Frances pulp and paper mill.
A forest industry shout-out to Bill Mauro

A forest industry shout-out to Bill Mauro

The Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) is congratulating Thunder Bay -Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro on his cabinet appointment as the new minister of municipal affairs.

Canada-Korea trade pacts gets forest industry approval

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is supporting the free trade agreement reached between Canada and Korea.
Thunder Bay forest consultants acquire UAV

Thunder Bay forest consultants acquire UAV

A Thunder Bay natural resource consulting firm is taking to the skies with the purchase of its first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for aerial imaging and mapping applications.
Marathon Pulp mill sale delayed

Marathon Pulp mill sale delayed

The potential American buyers of the former Marathon Pulp mill have missed a critical deadline to close the sale of the contaminated property from Tembec. A final Jan.
Nipigon forest receives certification

Nipigon forest receives certification

Close to a million hectares of the Lake Nipigon Forest in northwestern Ontario is now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) standard.

Feds announce funding for forest industry

Federal funding of $54.5 million will go to six projects in Northern Ontario, which the government says will help sustain jobs and advance the transformation of the forest sector.
Province issues licence to wood pellet maker

Province issues licence to wood pellet maker

The Ministry of Natural Resources has issued a forest resource processing facility licence to Rentech, to support the company in its conversion of a former oriented strandboard in Wawa to pellet production.