Mission to Jamaica:
[August 13, 2007]
Trade Team Atlantic, in partnership with the Canadian High Commission in Jamaica, is organizing a mission to the north coast of the island, ...

Research projects wanted:
[August 07, 2007]
The national Value to Wood program has a budget of about $300,000 to fund new research projects in 2008-09, and is looking to industry for i...

Fire at Lattes Waska Ltee. in Clair, NB.
[May 21, 2007]
A debarker, a grinder and electrical switch gear were damaged in a fire last week at Lattes Waska Ltee. in Clair, NB. It could have been a l...

Congratulations to Northwest Cedar Mills Ltd
[May 21, 2007]
Northest Cedar Mills ltd. of Saint-Andre, NB, won the 2006 Business Excellence Award for the Grand Falls region. The company, which joined W...

Members in the news
[May 21, 2007]
The May issue of Atlantic Forestry Review includes profiles of five WPG members: Eastern Heritage Manufacturing, Miramichi Timber Frames, Br...

Competition investigation:
[May 21, 2007]
NRCan advises that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has launched a fact-finding study focusing on competitive conditions facing t...

Self-Sufficiency:
[May 21, 2007]
We’re getting some feedback from members about the report from New Brunswick’s Self-Sufficiency Task Force, and it’s becoming clear that spe...

Members’ Comments, Week of May 18th
[May 21, 2007]
Cedar shingles
“An interesting week, with lots of inquiries. Sales are picking up for most grades; Extras are very strong, Clears are stil...

Closing: Atcon Veneer Products Inc. of Napadogan, NB
[April 08, 2007]
Atcon Veneer Products Inc. of Napadogan, NB will close at the end of April. Log supply, and particularly the lack of reasonably-priced hardw...

China connection
[April 08, 2007]
WPG has been approached by an intermediary acting for a Chinese company that is interested in sourcing Canadian hardwood products. The main ...

Intellectual Property
[April 08, 2007]
Cecile Klein of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office will be in New Brunswick on April 24, 25 and 26 to meet with anyone who wants to d...

Absenteeism
[April 08, 2007]
EMC will hold one-day seminars on Attendance Management in Moncton (April 24) and Saint John (April 25). For info contact Menai Collins at m...

Forest Products Society’s Spring Meeting
[April 08, 2007]
Don’t forget the Forest Products Society’s Spring Meeting and conference on Adding Value to Composite Wood Products, scheduled for May 16-17...

Free software
[April 08, 2007]
An item in the April 6th issue of Weekly Hardwood Review reports on two sawmill management software programs produced by the USDA Forest Se...

Members’ Comments: softwood
[April 08, 2007]
“Eight-foot 2x4 studs were up a bit in the Maritimes and the US, and nine-foot 2x4s were much stronger, up $20 on the week in Boston … but t...

Members’ Comments: Cedar shingles
[April 08, 2007]
“A fair week … we got some inquiries and we got some sales, but demand certainly wasn’t strong and prices didn’t change. It was a short week...

Members’ Comments: hardwood
[April 08, 2007]
Hardwood Review Weekly notes that Hard Maple sales remain poor and prices weak, while Yellow Birch markets are somewhat better. Hardwood sal...

Colonial Fence Mfg back in business
[February 26, 2007]
Colonial Fence Mfg. of Norton, NB, which closed in December 2006 after 38 years in operation (see Bulletin no. 550, January 8) has been acqu...

Irish housing opportunity
[February 19, 2007]
A CMHC official recently visited Ireland to promote the benefits of Canada’s Super E Timber Frame House Program. Despite the very active Iri...

2007 Provincial Cabinetmaking Skills Competition
[February 05, 2007]
Don’t forget the 2007 Provincial Cabinetmaking Skills Competition scheduled for February 9-10 at the NBCC Woodworking Centre of Excellence i...

New kerf
[January 29, 2007]
Kerf magazine, now in its eighth year, is about to be relaunched in an expanded format and an aggressive new circulation plan. Publication w...

Congratulations to Marwood Ltd.
[January 22, 2007]
Congratulations to Marwood Ltd. of Fredericton, NB on receiving a $2.5 million research and development grant under the federal government’...

Market predictions
[January 22, 2007]
Market predictions: here are some excerpts from the February issue of Hardwood Leader:
“The impact of log supplies will be very noticeable ...

Roll call:Rob Roy, Wood Millers Inc.
[January 22, 2007]
Roll call: another instalment of members’ opinions on business in 2006 and their outlooks for 2007:
Rob Roy, Wood Millers Inc., Charlotteto...

Roll Call: Taggart Quality Hardwood
[January 22, 2007]
Ted Taggart, Taggart Quality Hardwood,
Debert, NS (manufacturer of hardwood components, lumber and flooring for local and export customers...