by Tony Kryzanowski | Dec 18, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December 2024, Sawmill
When nearly 160,000 cubic metres of salvage wood from a blow down of mostly Eastern White Cedar in northwestern Ontario pretty much dropped into his lap, Stefan Szeder smelled more than just the sweet aroma of this attractive moisture-resistant wood species. He also...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Dec 18, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, November/December 2024
On October 12, 2015, the last Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada and the United States expired. That was nine long years ago. On October 19, 2015, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government was elected—also nine years ago. During those nine years, over $9 billion in...
by George Fullerton | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Forest Management, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, New Technology, September/October 2024
Log Max Forestry recently took the opportunity during a recent demonstration of the PlantMax mechanized seedling planting machine in Amos, Quebec, to invite representatives of the forest industry, government officials and the media to a live demonstration. Carl...
by Paul MacDonald | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, New Technology, Sawmill, September/October 2024
There is a lot of buzz around engineered wood these days, and rightfully so as there is tremendous potential for market growth in engineered wood products. But a Vancouver, B.C.-area company, Richmond Plywood (Richply), is ramping up its technology and production in...
by Jim Stirling | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, New Technology, September/October 2024
There are still those out there who believe Climate Change applies to other people living in far-off lands. They need to talk to log harvesting contractors working in the forests of central British Columbia. These loggers would soon set them straight. They could begin...
by Jim Stirling | Nov 4, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, September/October 2024
Excited. That was the word Dale Ewers chose to describe how Madill equipment owners responded to the news the company was returning to British Columbia with a new manufacturing outlet. Ewers has wasted little time reuniting the familiar name to its provincial...
