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Christianson
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Rich Christianson is the owner of Richson Media LLC, a Chicago-based communications firm focused on the industrial woodworking sector. Rich is the former long-time editorial director and associate publisher of Woodworking Network. During his nearly 35-year career, Rich has toured more than 250 woodworking operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has written extensively on woodworking technology, design and supply trends. He has also directed and promoted dozens of woodworking trade shows, conferences and seminars including the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo and the Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo, Canada’s largest woodworking show.
The Conference Board of Canada said “negative expectations continue to outweigh positive expectations for the long term” for Canada’s housing market.
Huge MDF mill coming to Alberta will use straw
Great Plains MDF announced plans to construct a $750 million straw fiber MDF mill near Stettler Airport.
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Rich Christianson,
July 26, 2020 | 4:07 pm CDT
Sierra Club BC demands ban on logging of at-risk old-growth forests
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Sierra Club BC is calling British Columbia officials to “immediately place a moratorium on logging in ecosystems and landscapes with very little old forest” in response to a new study raising the concern of old-growth forest management.
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Rich Christianson,
July 21, 2020 | 8:32 pm CDT
Video: Fiddlehead says its RTA caskets a greener way to go
Fiddlehead Casket Company has added a modern-day twist to the old pine box. The firm’s caskets are manufactured and shipped ready-to-assemble for the dearly departed.
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Rich Christianson,
July 20, 2020 | 7:02 pm CDT
Alabama Pellets secures $10M incentive package to develop mill
Alabama Pellets LLC stands to receive more than $10 million in tax breaks from Alabama for the wood pellet mill it is constructing in Demopolis.
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Rich Christianson,
July 20, 2020 | 12:54 pm CDT
Video: Logs End harvests submerged old-growth timber
Gordon Black, president of Logs End Inc., to have recovered more than 30,000 logs from their underwater graves since he founded his company in 2007. Most of the logs drowned in the Ottawa River in the19th century, never making it from where they were cut down to the sawmill.
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Rich Christianson,
July 16, 2020 | 12:07 pm CDT
ThermalWood broadens market for heat-treated wood with Weston Forest deal
ThermalWood Canada, a manufacturer of thermally modified wood, will greatly expand its presence in Ontario after inking an agreement with Weston Forest Products to distribute its products.
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Rich Christianson,
July 15, 2020 | 2:34 pm CDT
Canadian agency pledges $96M to support forest sector’s recovery
Natural Resources Canada (NRC) is accepting proposals for two separate funding programs created to help the forest industry get back on its feet after being knocked down by the coronavirus crisis.
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Rich Christianson,
July 15, 2020 | 12:48 pm CDT
Werner expands ‘Final Mile’ transport coast to coast in Canada
Werner Enterprises, a transportation and logistics provider, has extended its Werner Final Mile delivery program for furniture, store fixtures and other large or heavy items throughout Canada.
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Rich Christianson,
July 13, 2020 | 12:19 pm CDT
WCA educators share online teaching experiences
The Woodwork Careeer Alliance of North America gained valuable insights into how woodworking instructors transitioned from teaching students in the classroom to distance learning in a COVID-19 survey.
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Rich Christianson,
July 12, 2020 | 4:29 pm CDT