by George Fullerton | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Forest Management, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, July/August 2025, Sawmill
In July, Domtar (Paper Excellence) announced that they had abandoned plans to build a pulp mill at Liverpool, on the south shore of Nova Scotia. The announcement brought disappointment to the Nova Scotia forest industry, which has suffered with a lack of markets for...
by Paul MacDonald | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, July/August 2025, New Technology, Research & Innovation
Photos by Michelle Nortje The newspaper headlines this summer are familiar from previous summers, but they are no less tragic: thousands of people suddenly being evacuated due to forest fires, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest lands lost to out-of-control...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, July/August 2025, Research & Innovation, The Edge
The ongoing preservation and study of outcomes from legacy research and demonstration sites established over the past half-century across Canada by the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) and its many partners are now delivering what may be described as remarkable...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, DIY, Small Scale, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, July/August 2025, Value Added
Central Ontario logger Tim Bryson is a true free enterpriser who is anxious to see if the proposed American tariffs on Canadian goods will end up being good or bad for his log marketing and custom sawmilling business—it could go either way. It may create more domestic...
by Forestnet | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, July/August 2025, Research & Innovation, Supplier Newsline, Tech Update
Comact Comact’s Optimized Log Merchandiser is designed to help mills make the most of every stem. By combining advanced scanning with real-time decision making, it determines the best bucking strategy based on true log shape, product mix, and downstream requirements....
by Robin Brunet | Aug 29, 2025 | 2025, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, July/August 2025, Supplier Newsline
To say the managers at Downie Timber in Revelstoke, B.C., love the Madill brand would be an understatement. “You can’t compare Madill machines to any other brand in terms of quality of build,” says Downie Timber’s Equipment and Residuals Supervisor Bill Melnyk. Angus...
