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Interfor Announces . . .
Vancouver, BC’s, Interfor Corporation announced Thursday that shareholders have approved proposals to change the Company’s name to Interfor Corporation from International Forest Products Limited, and to simplify the Company’s share structure. The new name is a direct link to the Company’s traditional trade name, and is consistent with the formal names of its US subsidiaries,…
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BC Invests
The Government of British Columbia’s has contributed $2.25 million to cellulose filaments (CF) research. The investment will be used as part of an existing R&D program focused on non-traditional applications of cellulose filament (CF) that are of interest to, and most beneficial to BC. FPInnovations’ cellulose filament research and innovation project is the subject of…
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US Pending Home Sales
Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes rose in March for the first time in nine months, a sign the housing market could be stabilizing after suffering a setback from a rise in interest rates and a severe winter. The National Association of Realtors said on Monday its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts…
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Wildfire Season
Forecasters predicted earlier this year that, due to an extended period of very dry conditions, parts of the United States are under extreme forest fire danger this season. That warning seemed to be playing out this week when wildfires erupted in California. A thousand-acre wildfire in the foothills east of Los Angeles, CA, didn’t grow…
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Port Hawkesbury to Convert to Sugar
Nova Scotia’s Port Hawkesbury Paper hopes to move ahead with a demonstration sugar extracting operation within a year. The mill has commissioned an engineering study that is nearly complete for the plant, which would be located at the Point Tupper (Nova Scotia) mill site, according to Atlantic Farm Focus Thursday. They’ve been working on the…
