coastal forestry industry can not count as it has in the past on a low-valued loonie offsetting cost and productivity issues, the head of International Forest Products ltd. (TSX:IFP. Duncan Davies said the strike by the United Steelworkers, which has shut down the coastal forest industry, will cost his company but it's a price he's willing to pay. Federation of Labour declared all coastal lumber, logs and wood products from unionized logging and sawmilling operations where forest workers...

SELLECK In the quiet of this forest clearing, there once was a bustling way of life, with a school, a hotel and a dance hall for hundreds. In King County, only Selleck stands as a testament to that early industrial time, a mill-town museum with people living inside. Selleck rose from the stumps of trees into a community of 900 people, complete with company houses, a hospital, hotel, community hall, school and several mill buildings. No maintaining a private water system; the federal...

Xerox Unveils First-Of-Its-Kind Paper That Uses Less Trees While Saving Customers Money - Forbes.com. Aligning business innovation with environmental responsibility, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today unveiled a first-of-its-kind paper for digital printing that uses half as many trees as traditional paper, while lowering the cost to mail printed material. Aligning business innovation with environmental responsibility, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today unveiled a first-of-its-kind paper...

With over 23 years of experience in regional trading as one of the leading companies in the business, Inma Lumber developed a strong national reputation for quality, and service. The Company now targets the Kingdom s oil, gas, petrochemicals, and power generation sectors in addition to its traditional focus on the construction sector. The company s vision is to be the leading specialty trading house to the industrial sector in Saudi Arabia by implementing effective technology applications...

Business licenses and rental licenses of those who hire or rent to illegal immigrants could be suspended. Such a move would align Columbia County with communities nationwide that have responded to lack of action by Congress by approving local ordinances to displace illegal immigrants. His plan asks that the local law enforcement respond to complaints by inspecting job sites and fining those out of compliance. He said he will collect the 1,300 valid signatures necessary and try to put the...