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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.
Thunder Bay ice cream stick factory finally opens

Thunder Bay ice cream stick factory finally opens

Call it a fortuitous Google search for Thunder Bay. An Internet hunt for white birchwood, which led a British Columbia ice cream stick manufacturer to northwestern Ontario, has led to a factory that is now open for business.
Weyerhaeuser taking offers for Wawa OSB mill

Weyerhaeuser taking offers for Wawa OSB mill

If an idled Weyerhaeuser oriented strandboard mill (OSB) in Wawa ever resumes production again, it will be under new ownership.
Sawmill operator frustrated by wood competition

Sawmill operator frustrated by wood competition

One of Canada's last great company towns will not go down without a fight, said its sawmill general manager.
Iron ore explorer moves toward processor decision

Iron ore explorer moves toward processor decision

To Mayor Lee Kennard, Ignace will always be a forestry town in his heart. Logging has been the historic economic staple of this northwestern Ontario community of 1,400 since the late 1800s.
Mill manager calls wood competition “anything but fair”

Mill manager calls wood competition “anything but fair”

One of Canada's last great company towns will not go down without a fight, said its sawmill general manager.
Marathon optimistic about forest tenure pilot

Marathon optimistic about forest tenure pilot

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

Wood supply winners and losers

Marathon mayor Rick Dumas is not happy with the Ontario province following a decision to transfer the area's wood allocation to a proposed jet fuel refinery project in nearby community.
Animosity builds over forestry legislation

Animosity builds over forestry legislation

Community and industry rancor continues to build against the McGuinty government over the refusal to stage a final round of consultation meetings in Northern Ontario before a new forestry bill is passed into law.
Atikokan pellet proposal gets nod for Crown wood

Atikokan pellet proposal gets nod for Crown wood

A Thunder Bay businessman has received the first allotment of Crown fibre in the province's wood supply competition.