Forestry

Aggregate net earnings of 13 of the largest Canadian forest, paper and packaging companies deepened from $368 million in the fourth quarter of 2007, to $1.3 billion during the last quarter of 2008 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers reports.

Tembec is cutting back production at its Kapuskasing sawmill, newsprint and forestry operations and will temporarily lay off 510 employees.

This summer is shaping up to be the busiest season ever for BioForest Technologies Inc.

The third quarter of fiscal 2009 was an eventful one for Kirkland Lake Gold, which saw gold production jump by 21 per cent while still being unable to avoid operating losses of $4.7 million. Gold revenues for the quarter reached $8.

Buchanan Forest Products, once one of Thunder Bay's and northwestern Ontario's largest private employer, has gone into receivership.

With the forestry in survival mode, business and community leaders in Northern Ontario to looking at trees and industry fibre waste by-products in a new way.

A tightening market for uncoated free sheet paper forced Domtar to permanently shut down its last paper machine at its Dryden mill. The Nov.

By Douglas Bradley President of the Canadian Bioenergy Association This year, bioenergy projects in Canada's forestry communities are on fast-forward.

From new sources of fuel to innovative medical applications, the Boreal Forest may yet hold many secrets for Northern Ontario, secrets which Australian biochemist Dr. Robert Dekker is looking to uncover.

Kirkland Lake officials are looking to bioproducts to breathe new life into their local economy.