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New Hampshire Ski Resort Chairlift Aided by Goodfellow Contribution
North Amercia’s most technologically advanced chairlift is open for business. Situated in Loon Mountain, New Hampshire, the Kancamagus 8, or Kanc 8, is an eight-seat D-Line Doppelmayr chair with ergonomically shaped heated seats and tinted…
Canfor to Reduce its Canadian Production
The Vancouver based integrated forest products company Canfor Corporation will temporarily reduce its Canadian production due to weak market conditions. The production will be reduced through curtailments at all solid wood facilities in…
Canadian SMEs Dealing with “Other Priorities” Rather than Climate Change: Survey
Businesses in Canada are concerned about the impacts of climate change but, according to a BMO Climate Institute survey of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in North America, other priorities, and the high costs of climate mitigation…
The Cabinet Makers Association Has a New Podcast
The Cabinet Makers Association (CMA), which includes hundreds of small to medium cabinet shops, millworkers, furniture makers, and suppliers throughout North America, recently launched PRO Cabinet Maker, an original podcast series.…
Up to $50,000 Now Available Through the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
Loans of up to $50,000 are now available to women entrepreneurs and business owners through the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund. The loans will be provided by Evol, an organization financially supported by the Québec Ministère de…
Commonwealth Plywood Invests in Its Locations
Commonwealth Plywood Distribution, a fully integrated forest products company created in 1940, has expanded two of its facilities. The Boucherville, Quebec and North Bay, Ontario locations have invested to expand their warehouses and…
Casey’s Creative Kitchens Awarded Two Golden Hammers
The awards season is not over yet. On November 24th, custom cabinet designer firm Casey’s Creative Kitchens won the Kitchen Renovation Project at $40,001 or over, and the Sub-Trade-of-the-Year awards at the 2022 Golden Hammer Awards during…
A Women-Only Millwork Program to Tackle Labour Shortages
The College of Carpenters and Allied Trades (CCAT) in Woodbridge, Ontario, offers a women-only pre-apprenticeship program for millwork carpentry, which includes a job placement guarantee. With first-term apprentice wages, the students…
Carpenters to Work with Indigenous Communities in Ontario’s North
The Carpenters’ Union wants to work with First Nations communities to find new skilled workers to fill vacant job positions. The communities are currently underrepresented in the building trades.
To explain this void, Gilles Bisson,…
Innovation Minister Launches Competition Act Review
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister, François-Philippe Champagne, is launching a review of the Competition Act.
The first step in modernizing the Competition Act was to make the targeted improvements announced in Budget 2022. These…
Grand Opening of AyA Kitchens in Barrie, Ontario
Last week AyA Kitchens celebrated the grand opening of their new showroom, located on 8 Sarjeant Dr., in Barrie, Ontario, in the presence of Barrie Mayor Jeff Lehman. Industry professionals and customers mingled, hosted by Chef Devan (Devan…
WMIA 2023 Wooden Globe Nominations Now Open
The Woodworking Machinery Industry Association (WMIA) opened the submission process for its 2023 Scholarship program as well as opened its 2023 Wooden Globe nominations.
The Association also announced that its Chairman of the Board,…
Groupe Miralis Invests $45M in Two New Highly Automated Manufacturing Plants
Groupe Miralis, a custom-made kitchen manufacturer located near Rimouski, QC, will invest $45 million to build two new high automation manufacturing plants in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard and Québec City. One plant will be dedicated to the…
Three Researchers Develop a Treatment for Wood Derived from Whey
Problems associated with wood that has been exposed to the elements may have been solved using an environmentally-friendly process by three researchers at Laval University.
Professors Julien Chamberland and Véronic Landry of the…
An Immigration Plan to Grow the Economy
The Canadian economy has experienced one of the fastest recoveries from COVID-19 among advanced economies but is now facing critical labour market shortages causing uncertainty for Canadian businesses and workers.
On November 1st, the…
AWFS Showcases Award Winning Woodwork
The Association of Woodworking & Furnishing Suppliers® (AWFS) has published a new book featuring student projects from the Fresh Wood student woodworking competitions held in 2017, 2019 & 2021.
“We are so excited to have a new…
Are Your Kitchen Cabinets Storing Carbon?
The Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA), working with ClimatePositiveNOW.org, is furthering the movement to educate designers on—and help consumers understand—the sustainability advantages of the wood-based materials used in…
SIBO Stages Successful Return
The Salon Industriel du Bois Ouvré (SIBO), historically Quebec's most important professional woodworking tradeshow, made its pivotal reentrance last week following a 14-year hiatus.
The show was last held in 2008 when Stephen Harper was…