by Jim Stirling | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, January/February 2026
How the hell did we end up in this situation? It’s a question that everyone involved in British Columbia’s wood products business has asked themselves during the last few years. The question doesn’t have a simple answer. Instead, there are several contributing...
by Paul MacDonald | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, January/February 2026, Sawmill
One of the most modern softwood sawmills in North America recently started up, in the small town of Ackerman, Mississippi—and it has a strong Canadian connection, both through its ownership and the equipment being used in it. It also has some veteran companies in the...
by George Fullerton | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Forest Management, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, January/February 2026
“This is not just a job—working in forestry is my passion,” declares Jimmy Caron, on his harvest site on Acadian Timber freehold limits southeast of Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. This past summer, Jimmy and his harvesting team—including two Ponsse Scorpions and a...
by Forestnet | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Guest Columns, Industry News, January/February 2026
Anthony Robinson, Logging and Sawmilling Publisher and CEO, recently sat down to talk with Peter Lister, Executive Director of the Truck Loggers Association (TLA), about the B.C. forest industry being at a breaking point, and the mill closures, dire fibre supply...
by Jim Stirling | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, January/February 2026
The dates on the calendar have been circled for months. At least 1,200 professionals in the business of producing, selling and distributing wood products in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States will be converging on Montreal in April. The magnet is the...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Feb 27, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, January/February 2026, The Edge
Since the mid-1980’s, the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) has been expanding its practical role in forest and afforestation applied research and development through various programs, initiatives, and partnerships with the provinces, forest industry and other...
