The Honorable Tim Hodgson, minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced a Forest Sector Action Plan, with key commitments to drive the transformation of the forest sector in collaboration with provinces, territories, Indigenous Peoples and other key partners.

Under the Spitz Group brand, the company continues to operate through its established businesses, including Sierra Forest Products in the U.S., and Upper Canada Forest Products and A&M Wood Specialty in Canada.

This year marks the 11th annual awarding of the 40 Under 40, which celebrates the next generation of industry professionals who are making an impact on wood products manufacturing in North America.

Upholstery manufacturer Palliser has been purchased by long-time supplier and strategic partner MotoMotion, according to a report in Home News Now.

The Ontario government is investing more than $14 million to build a modern, digital system to inventory the province’s forest resources, giving industry access to better information to invest, grow and create jobs.

A forestry firm and a stair and railings company got hit in the pocketbook for allegedly violating foreign workers' rights.

British Columbia's secondary wood manufacturing firms showed low efficiency for most of the business types, and performance consistently lagged sawmill and panel sectors, with a “significant downward divergence” observed since the financial crisis, according to a study by Lili Sun, Rico Chan and Bryan Bogdanski of Natural Resources Canada’s Pacific Forestry Centre. 

Since 2022, national charity Forests Canada and the Greenbelt Foundation have partnered to plant 750,000 trees and now have their sights set on hitting the one-million-tree milestone in the fall after announcing the planting of another 250,000 trees in the Greenbelt this year.