After visiting the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral, Prime Minister Trudeau offered Canadian lumber to help with the rebuild; and the Tree Frog news may have seen it arrive in person [!!]
In Business news: capacity reductions and curtailments help softwood lumber prices recover–albeit slowly–from recent lows; China’s tariffs a wake up call for US hardwood industry; Conifex quarterly results improve but stay in red; Atlantic Power acquires two biomass plants; two former provincial politicians were re-elected to Canfor’s board; and a Liberal MLA says NDP forestry bill based on ideology, not common sense.
Finally, Western red cedars die off as extended dry spells continue; and the canary in Canada’s Boreal forest is a woodpecker.
Kelly McCloskey, a Tree Frog in Paris
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British Columbia’s tech sector is growing. It’s not just growing in Vancouver, where the province’s biggest companies and organizations currently reside… and that means huge opportunity for regional communities all over the province. That includes communities that have historically been driven by traditional industries, like mining and forestry. …Furthermore, the R&D coming out of UNBC, as well as the access to the largest amount of harvestable wood biomass in Canada, are key factors that can position P.G. at the forefront of cleantech research and innovation in B.C. …Tech adoption is helping traditional industries like mining, forestry and construction become more efficient, competitive, and profitable. This is particularly important in Prince George, where some of the biggest resource companies in the region – like Canfor, Carrier Lumber, and Spectrum Resource Group just to name a few – are continually investing in new technologies. 
Consumption of U.S. recovered fiber versus overall finished paper products sold into the market hit a record high percentage in 2018. An industry group explained the increase, which came amid market challenges. The American Forest and Paper Association last week released its 2018 U.S. paper recycling report, noting that last year’s recovery rate hit a historic high of 68.1%. …The recovery rate is the highest on record, which dates back to 1990. The next-highest year was 2016, when the U.S. notched 67.2%. The rate has generally trended upwards, with occasional backslides. …The recovery rate in 2018 is notable as a new record high percentage, especially amid a challenging market dynamic for recovered paper and recycling overall. …Meanwhile, the 2018 increase in recovered fiber exports, which Resource Recycling reported on earlier this year, indicates strong global demand amid the trade uncertainties, Hawkinson explained.
China’s insatiable demand for New Zealand forestry products continues to grow, but where are things heading for the country’s forestry industry and how much of the processing is being done here? Forestry is a major employer in regional New Zealand and contributes around $6.4 billion a year to our economy in export earnings. According to Te Uru Rākau (Forestry New Zealand) wood products are now the country’s third largest export earner – behind dairy and meat. Something the Minister of Forestry Shane Jones is more than aware of. Earlier this week he announced he’d signed a new agreement with Zhang Jianlong from the Chinese National Forestry and Grasslands Administration which he expects to pave the way for greater trade and co-operation between the New Zealand forestry sector and China. “Much of this growth has come from increased Chinese demand for New Zealand forestry products, supporting both continued high prices and record export volumes,” Jones says.
