Forestry

A Sault Ste. Marie mill operator calls the Ontario government's decision to appeal an Ontario Superior Court judge's ruling "obscene" and accuses Queen's Park of trying to put him out of business.

A Wawa entrepreneur who developed an innovative wood pelletizing machine has sold his technology to a southern Ontario manufacturer who is taking his invention to a world market.

Results from the wrapped-up biomass estimation study indicates Opasatika has the potential to be “the biomass capital of Canada.

The long-awaited plan to re-start the shuttered Cascades mill in Thunder Bay under new ownership has been finalized.

A recent Ontario government decision to change its paper procurement policy does little more than threaten an already volatile forestry industry, according to Jamie Lim, president of the Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA).

While stories of closures continue, many companies are examining ways to reinvent themselves to be part of the new forestry sector.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is currently working to revamp how it allocates Crown land, a process which may end up including communities as a partner in the new model.

Despite a flurry of pre-election announcements that paved the way for a new value-added operation in Atikokan, pieces of the plan began unraveling when the local particleboard mill filed for creditor protection October 10.

There could be a day in the distant future when former mine sites are filled with large pine trees blowing in the breeze, instead of barren expanses of rock and sand.

As the debate rages on about what should be done to quell the forest crisis, a movement is growing to enable communities to control wood allocation. One such voice is that of John Kapel Jr., owner of Timmins-based Little John Enterprises.