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BioSila aims for 2012 startup at Mattawa site

BioSila aims for 2012 startup at Mattawa site

A failure to secure a wood allocation from the province has delayed plans for a wood pellet plant near Mattawa. BioSila purchased the former Tembec facility in September last year from the Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development Corp.
Caribou conservation plan limiting wood supply

Caribou conservation plan limiting wood supply

The woodland caribou is becoming as controversial as it is elusive since provincial conservation plans for the species may result in drastic reductions of wood supply in the Abitibi River Forest.
Eacom president wants pro-jobs attitude in forestry policy

Eacom president wants pro-jobs attitude in forestry policy

The president and CEO of Eacom Timber Corp. said his company will withhold making any major investments in its recently-acquired Northern Ontario sawmills until there is a change in Ontario's forest policy.
Eacom president miffed at Ontario forestry policy

Eacom president miffed at Ontario forestry policy

The president and CEO of Eacom Timber Corp. said his company will withhold making any major investments in its recently-acquired Northern Ontario sawmills until there is a change in Ontario's forest policy.
AbitibiBowater poised to re-open Ignace sawmill

AbitibiBowater poised to re-open Ignace sawmill

Ignace may regain its moniker as a forestry town with AbitibiBowater poised to reopen a shuttered sawmill.
Hearst manufacturer wastes no wood

Hearst manufacturer wastes no wood

Normand Lacroix wants to say his company Industries LacWood is very busy, but he doesn’t want too many people to know it.
Kenora Forest Products receives wood supply

Kenora Forest Products receives wood supply

A black and white aerial photo in Rod McKay's office at Kenora Forest Products taken in the mid-1920s show stacks of lumber piled so high in the yard that workers scaled catwalks to cross over them.
First Nation management company has inside track on consultation

First Nation management company has inside track on consultation

Conrad Tom has a versatile and complicated job Officially, he's listed as an Aboriginal Liaison for Miisun Integrated Resource Management, but he has one core function: building trust.
Hearst pays tribute to sawmill history with new museum

Hearst pays tribute to sawmill history with new museum

The forest industry played an instrumental role in the making of Hearst. For more than 90 years, families from across Ontario and Quebec made their way to the small northeastern community of 5,800 and contributed to its rich history.
Optimism rises around forest tenure modernization

Optimism rises around forest tenure modernization

There is new optimism in Marathon following the creation of the Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation, the first pilot project to be established under the province's overhauled forest tenure system.