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Hungry Equipment
Lev2 Millwork, based in Oshawa, Ontario, started as a labour of love three years ago by designer and owner Alexis Kofman. Her vision to offer exceptional design to everyone at multiple price points sparked a millwork business with 20 staff…
Record number of job vacancies in manufacturing
As the labour market adapted to challenges associated with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in late spring and early summer, there were 731,900 job vacancies in the second quarter of 2021.
Wood product sales fall 17.1%
Statistics Canada recently announced in their August 2021 Monthly Survey of Manufacturing that following a 1.2% decline in July, manufacturing sales increased 0.5% to $60.3 billion in August, on higher sales of petroleum and coal (+7.3%),…
The Grass is Greener
Sponsored Content - For Grass, environmental protection is a fundamental corporate objective. The company pursues the goal of preventing or reducing environmental impacts at their very source. This means adopting an integrated approach to…
Beckville Woodcrafts’ Award-Winning Style
An eye for style and dedication to craftsmanship earned Beckville Woodcrafts top honours at the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) BC 30th Awards of Excellence. The millwork company earned the Ed Russell…
AWMAC BC winners: Commercial under $500K
On September 23, AWMAC BC announced their 2021 Awards of Excellence Winners. Categories included: commercial over $500K, commercial under $500K, export, and private residences. The organization also recognized three design students from the…
AWMAC BC winners: export, private residences, and students
On September 23, AWMAC BC announced their 2021 Awards of Excellence Winners. Categories included: commercial over $500K, commercial under $500K, export, and private residences. In this feature, we’ll introduce the winners from the export…
AWMAC BC winners: Commercial over $500K
On September 23, AWMAC BC announced their 2021 Awards of Excellence Winners. Categories included: commercial over $500K, commercial under $500K, export, and private residences. The organization also recognized three design students from the…
Waste not, want not
We all have plans for when we retire. For Don Power, he had always planned to get back to woodworking when he retired from communications.
“My father was a boatbuilder and a carpenter well-known on the Avalon Peninsula,” says the…
Like for Like: Restoring Wood Components in Heritage Buildings
The conservation of historic buildings represents the history and culture of our country, provides a sense of identity, and is an essential part of sustainable community development. As a heritage architect, there are a lot of aspects to…
Kastella: Montreal-made
That was how small Kastella was when Burhop got started building custom furniture and selling from their retail space, and the company’s done nothing but grow since then. Now, they split their business down the middle - about 50% of their…
Challenge of change: Women in trades
Change is not easy. And women entering the male-dominated manufacturing and construction industries know that better than most. Women are still facing systemic barriers to successful careers, representing only 4.5% of the skilled trades,…
Ellingsen Woods growing on Cortes Island
Aaron Ellingsen is at least the fourth generation of his family to make all or part of his livelihood through forestry- and timber-related work on and around Cortes Island. Cortes is part of the Discovery Islands archipelago on the coast of…
The Path and Thoughts of Furniture Designer Alexandre Cecchi
Alexandre Cecchi is a woodworker and furniture designer from Belgium, now living in Quebec. Through his thoughts and works, he shares his vision of art and contributes, in his own way, to the beauty of the world. Since 2018, Cecchi has been…
Making Components an Art Form
Manoo Mahmoodi started Art for Everyday in his garage with a neighbour back in 1998. Today, Manoo’s son Soroush runs the family business as the president while his father, easing towards retirement, remains CEO.