Forestry

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.

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.

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

One of Canada's last great company towns will not go down without a fight, said its sawmill general manager.

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.

One of Canada's last great company towns will not go down without a fight, said its sawmill general manager.

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.

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.

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.

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