• Help on the way for forestry industry

  January 12, 2012 - 12 h 07

  [Fort Lawrence, NS] – Help is coming for the Atlantic region’s beleaguered forestry industry in the form of a half-million-dollar investment from the federal government and three provinces.

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• Province reveals land purchased from Bowater

  January 12, 2012 - 12 h 03

      The province has reached an agreement with Bowater Mersey to purchase 25,000 acres of land that will help Nova Scotia meet its goal to protect 12 per cent of its lands mass.

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• NewPage could be in production by late spring, says bidder

  January 12, 2012 - 12 h 01

  [Point Tupper, NS] — The NewPage Port Hawkesbury paper mill could potentially return to producing supercalendered paper for the magazine and catalogue market by late spring, the man behind the bid to buy it says.

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• Downtime extended at Bowater

  January 12, 2012 - 11 h 58

   Bowater Mersey has extended their shutdown another week, and won’t start operations until Jan. 16. The announcement came to employees on Jan. 5. The mill was due to come back online Jan. 9.

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• Monitors for NewPage go with Pacific West bid

  January 5, 2012 - 10 h 43

  [Point Tupper, NS] — The bid by a British Columbia-based company has been selected by the court-appointed monitor overseeing the sale of the NewPage Port Hawkesbury paper mill.

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• Province will keep NewPage mill re-sale ready

  January 5, 2012 - 10 h 34

  Nova Scotia Natural Resources Minister Charlie Parker announced Jan. 4, he is encouraged that the company selected by a court-appointed monitor to negotiate exclusively for the NewPage mill is committed to an ongoing sustainable operation, which...

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• Harvesters assisted in safe and best wood-cutting practices

  January 5, 2012 - 10 h 32

  [Corner Brook, NL]—Domestic woodcutting is a traditional practice of many in this province, but are the best and safest practices used?

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• Christmas tree growers celebrating a banner year

  December 15, 2011 - 11 h 57

  Weather this year should have had a negative impact on Christmas trees growers, but it has turned out to be a banner season, says an expert.

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• Forestry contractors for NewPage receiving money

  December 15, 2011 - 11 h 53

  [Point Tupper, NS] — The forestry contractor owed the single largest amount of money when NewPage Port Hawkesbury filed for protection from its creditors says he expects to receive partial payment by early next week (Dec. 5).

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• Province putting $50 million into Bowater

  December 15, 2011 - 11 h 50

  Premier Darrell Dexter was in Liverpool today, Dec. 2, to announce the highly anticipated province portion of the plan to save Bowater Mersey.

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Other news

• November 23, 2011 Natural Christmas tree sales taking hit from mass produced varieties
• November 23, 2011 Possible ancient forest unearthed in Cobequid Bay
• November 23, 2011 Provincial plan in the works for Bowater
• November 23, 2011 Bowater getting 15% property tax break
• November 23, 2011 Union takes company ultimatum
• November 23, 2011 Bowater could gain from NewPage closure
• November 9, 2011 Wood, brush disposal service for Truro area residents set to close
• November 9, 2011 No new information from Halifax meeting, says NewPage union spokesman
• November 3, 2011 Bowater Mersey to close if no help found
• November 3, 2011 Keep the mill open
• November 3, 2011 NewPage creditors want to investigate $25M transfer
• October 27, 2011 Argyle spruce chosen as Boston Christmas tree
• October 27, 2011 NS woodlot owners get funding
• October 27, 2011 Two NB sawmills closing temporarily
• October 27, 2011 Paper mill bidders narrowed to eight