Forest NB News

(Fredericton) The New Brunswick Forest Products Association (NBFPA) welcomes today’s announcement by Victor Boudreau, Minister of Finance and Donald Arseneault, Minister of Natural Resources on the financial reprieve for provincial paper mills. The forest sector is an integrated value chain of people and communities – foresters, truckers, harvesters, sawmills and more. The paper mills are…

On behalf of the Board of Directors and members of the New Brunswick Forest Products Association, I would like to open a direct dialogue with all New Brunswick private woodlot owners, As the current crisis deepens the need to work together to deal with the global pressures facing our sector has never been greater. Weathering…

Fredericton, NB – With a forward looking agenda the New Brunswick Forest Product Association (NBFPA) showed optimism for the future during its 2007 SAGM. Over 75 members and industry representatives attended the event held at Kingswood Lodge in the provincial capital. The agenda for the day-long event included Business New Brunswick Minister Greg Byrne, Elizabeth…

In response to a decision taken at a special meeting of the Board of Directors held on June 7, 2007, the New Brunswick Forest Products Association unanimously supports a voluntary one-year moratorium that provides for the prohibition and/or restriction of movement of the BSLB and associated host spruce materials including: trees, logs, wood with bark…

Amid speculation of a looming double-digit hike in electricity rates this year, New Brunswick’s manufacturing and resource sectors are calling for a longer term plan for dealing with NB Power’s debt and for greater certainty in future power costs. “A reliable, cost effective supply of electricity is essential to our competitiveness,” said CME’s energy committee…