Get connected! http://www.gohearst.ca Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:21:24 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.gohearst.ca/images/M_images/logo.png http://www.gohearst.ca Get connected! http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3076&Itemid=85 March 15, 2011By: Ron Grech Resourcefulness becomes second nature when you grow up on a farm, says Normand Lacroix from the Hearst area of Northern Ontario. “You develop a sense of débrouillardise,” Lacroix explained, using a French term for ingenuity. “We fabricated what we needed and always had to find our own solution” to any challenges that arose. The qualities Lacroix learned growing up on his parents’ dairy farm in Hearst have resurfaced time and time again as he continues to tap into new business opportunities and build upon them. He co-owns a logging operation with... Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:03:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3074&Itemid=85 National Post Wed Mar 30 2011 Page: A17 Section: Issues & Ideas Byline: Patrick Moore Source: National Post I believe trees are the answer to many questions about the future of human civilization and the preservation of the environment. Questions like, "What is the most environmentally friendly material for home construction?" "How can we pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and how can we offset the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our excessive use of fossil fuels?" "How can we build healthy soils and keep our air and water clean?" "How can we provide more habitats for wildlife and... Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:21:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2936&Itemid=85 Short-Rotation Woody Crops Field Day and ExhibitionHearst, ON, September 28, 2010Staff from Natural Resources Canada and the Town of Hearst co-hosted a one day event showcasing concentrated woody biomass (short rotation coppice) for bioenergy and bioproducts on September 28th, in Hearst, Ontario. They played host to upwards of 75 participants and guests from all over Ontario and Quebec. People in attendance included the staff from the OMNR, NRCan, energy and manufacturing sector, regional municipalities, forest consultants and their affiliates, private growers, interested NGO’s, and researchers. Presenters included staff from both organizations hosting the event as well as... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:45:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2933&Itemid=85 Hearst, le 22 octobre 2010Le directeur général de la Corporation de développement économique de Hearst revient d’un congrès à State University of New York College of Environment Science and Forestry SUNY-ESF à Syracus. La conférence portait sur les plantations de saules à croissance rapide; les défis et opportunités. La récolte de saules existe depuis plusieurs décennies en Europe et commence tranquillement à faire son apparition en Amérique du Nord. Le saule est utilisé comme approvisionnement de bois pour produire de l’énergie renouvelable. Le marché de biomasse provenant de plantations énergétiques est pour l’instant très restreint au pays.... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:12:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2932&Itemid=85 Published: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 10:19 PM Updated: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 10:24 PMRon Rop | The Muskegon Chronicle Follow Share this storyStory toolsWhen you live as far “up north” as Joel Vienneau, there are certain things you can be assured of finding in your hometown.Cold weather, plenty of snow, pond hockey, good hunting and excellent fishing are all traits of Hearst, Ont., a small town of less than 6,000 people and a “long drive to everywhere.” Hearst is a 12-hour drive north of Muskegon.Vienneau, the No. 1 goaltender for Muskegon Lumberjacks of the United States... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:38:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2916&Itemid=85 The following are green initiatives projects undertaken by the community of Hearst. The construction of our Green Business and Technology Center has begun. It is a 2.8 million dollar project that will house a bioscience lab, a multimedia space and a Green Business Incubator Space. The Regional Information Utility Network office will also be located in that building. The Center will be a green building and will be powered by solar wind, biomass and geothermal energy, and a 10 kW MFIT. The Center will focus on education, small scale research, demonstration, partnerships, business development and incubation in... Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:23:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2874&Itemid=85 Une économie en dents de scie, se sont trois reportages de Louis Lessard journaliste à Radio Canada. Les reportages nous montrent un portrait de la crise actuelle et nous donnent un aperçu des efforts pour se sortir de cette crise.Voici mes commentaires:Le Nord de l’Ontario est depuis toujours gouverné comme une colonie sous un contrôle politique énormément centralisé. Lorsqu’une région ressource comme la nôtre fleurit économiquement et que les gens travaillent, le peuple est endormi par un confort artificiel. Lorsque l’on déstabilise ce style de vie, le sentiment d’impuissance s’installe et c’est le début de la dévitalisation... Fri, 21 May 2010 07:28:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2836&Itemid=85 Newly published energy statistics for 2009 show that bioenergy today makes up a larger share of Sweden’s energy use than oil: 31.7 percent bioenergy compared to 30.8 oil. These numbers confirm that Sweden is a world leader in the field of bioenergy. Biomass is used for heat and electricity, for biofuels for transport, and as energy source in industry. Almost all Swedish cities and towns have district heating using biomass as fuel. All of these applications can be seen on at the end of this month. The numbers are based on preliminary statistics from the Swedish Energy Agency and... Mon, 10 May 2010 06:44:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2828&Itemid=85 By SooToday.com StaffSooToday.comThursday, April 29, 2010NEWS RELEASEGOVERNOR GENERALOF CANADA*************************** Governor General meets with citizens in Northern Ontario OTTAWA — Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will undertake a regional visit to Hearst, Timmins and Greater Sudbury from May 3 to 5, 2010. His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond will be joining her for the visit to Greater Sudbury. “I wanted to visit Northern Ontario, a region that impresses me greatly with the cultural vitality and energy of its communities, especially its Francophone community and the Aboriginal communities who have planted roots in this area for hundreds of... Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:58:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2759&Itemid=85 La Chine oriente sa production énergétique autour des énergies renouvelables et du nucléaire, a affirmé le directeur de l'Administration nationale de l'énergie de la Chine, Zhang Guobao. 15% de la production énergétique chinoise en 2020 devrait être constituée d'énergies propres.À l'occasion d'une entrevue accordée au quotidien China Daily la semaine dernière, Zhang Guobao a expliqué que l'atteinte de cet objectif sera rendue grâce à des investissements massifs du gouvernement chinois dans le cadre d'un plan qui s'étalera sur 10 ans.Le directeur de l'ANE a cité le développement de l'énergie éolienne en exemple, rappelant que le potentiel énergétique lié à l'éolien... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:09:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2760&Itemid=85 Submitted by brett h on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:12.Date: -->Monday Mar 08, 2010ByThe Globe and MailBattling weak product prices and a strong loonie, Tembec Inc. chief executive officer Jim Lopez is eager to expand the company's ability to squeeze more value out of each tree felled to feed its operations.With the sector in crisis across Canada, the federal government is encouraging companies to increase their investment in renewable power from forestry waste by establishing a $100-million fund and offering generous tax treatment.The renewable power initiative - contained in last week's budget - was one of the few spending programs announced... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:59:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2746&Itemid=85 Submitted by Editor on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 09:56.Date: -->Monday Dec 07, 2009ByTemiskaming Speaker, Wednesday December 2 2009 Is it feasible to turn 1,650 kilometres of highways 11 and 17, stretching from North Bay to the Manitoba border, into a four-lane divided highway?“We can do it, fairly easily,” says Judy Skidmore, publisher of The Working Forest newspaper.“How much and when? A Vision for Ontario’s Trans Canada Highway, North Bay to the Manitoba Border” was commissioned by the newspaper, which is headquartered in Callander.The study concluded that the project — which would take in 85 bridges, 56 kilometres of road upgrades... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:11:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2743&Itemid=85 It's time to rethink forest managementMore subsidies will not succeedSusanne Ivey-Cook, Financial Post Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 Read more: The National Post is now on Facebook. Ontario's forest industry has changed fundamentally. Demand for newsprint has plummeted (U.S. consumption is down nearly 30% from last year) and lumber sales are doing even more poorly as a result of the slumping U.S. home-building sector. These factors, coupled with a high Canadian dollar and rising energy costs, have led to the shutdown of many of Ontario's pulp and paper mills.The scale of the decline is staggering. Close to 8,000... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:39:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2744&Itemid=85 Submitted by brett h on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 08:57.Date: -->Thursday Dec 03, 2009ByCBC NewsShares of several of Canada’s largest lumber exporters have skyrocketed in the past two months as new building codes in China allowing wood in construction have cracked open a previously inaccessible market for Canada’s long-suffering forestry industry.Since Oct. 1, shares in International Forest Products Ltd. have soared 58.3%, while Canfor Corp. and West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. shares jumped 31.4% and 28.4%, respectively.The advances come in the wake of quiet implementation of new wood-frame construction codes in Shanghai in September. Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, later... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:31:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2745&Itemid=85 Submitted by Editor on Sat, 12/05/2009 - 09:50.Date: -->Saturday Dec 05, 2009ByThe Working Forest staffA new research facility in Thunder Bay will strengthen the North's emerging green energy and chemicals sector and create at least eight jobs within its first year of operation.Developed with the support of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), Lakehead University's Biorefining Research Initiative (BRI) officially opened today. BRI will focus on developing new technologies for converting forest biomass into chemicals and biofuels that could be commercialized as green energy and chemicals alternatives.For example, BRI could develop new processes for making bioethanol from forest residue... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:29:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2736&Itemid=85 I am currently participating at the 1st Annual OSEA Community Conferene in Toronto. The main theme of the conference is community power. There many benefits of Community power, espacially for communities in Northern Ontario. Despite the opportunity there are many challenges to overcome, such as grid transmission capacity in the Kapuskasing Sudbury Corridor. This grid line capacity is scheduled to be upgraded in 2017 only, but a number of projects are in jeopardy because of that. David Suzuki said "The future looks brighter if we can navigate the political paperwork". Now that we have the legislation in place, we must... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:53:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2715&Itemid=85 Canada’s worst government - CommentSubmitted by greg_g on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 09:56.Date: --> Monday Oct 19, 2009By Financial PostEvery now and then a province falls into the hands of blundering politicians so inept that their government ends up deserving of the title “Canada’s Worst Government.” It’s a rare award. At any time somebody has to be the worst, but no award for routine bottom-of-the-barrel performance seems necessary. Occasionally, however, the metric of incompetence is so large and conspicuousit demands special recognition. The Liberal regime of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, now slipping into deep deficits that are likely to exceed... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:20:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2682&Itemid=85 By Daniel Sigouin – Economic Development Officer for Hearst Economic Development CorporationHEARST October 3 2009 – I am speaking today not only as the Economic Development Officer but also as a resident who chose to live and invest in Hearst. I would like to share the concerns I have for the future of our community and to share some fundamental principles for a new tenure approach for the forest. What is currently taking place in Hearst and in other Northern communities is without precedent. We are experiencing a crisis in the forestry sector that persists,... Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:49:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2681&Itemid=85 Massive north-south divide in province The Ottawa Sun Wed Oct 7 2009 Page: 11 Section: Editorial/Opinion Byline: BY CHRISTINA BLIZZARD Column:Queen's Park I sometimes think Dalton McGuinty's government has given up on northern Ontario. With record unemployment rates and with EI claims soaring in northern communities, you'd think the brain trust in the premier's office would be trying to find new ways to bolster the ailing forestry and pulp and paper businesses. That's not the case. As New Democratic Leader Andrea Horwath pointed out in question period this week, the number of people receiving Employment Insurance in northern communities has... Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:04:00 +0100 http://www.gohearst.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2674&Itemid=85 Ontario's new Minister of Forestry isn't prepared yet to take a position on who should control the province's forest assets. Michael Gravelle, the Minister of Northern Development, Mines and now Forestry, was in Timmins today for a $1000 a plate Liberal fundraiser. In an exclusive interview with TimminsToday.com, Gravelle refused to say whether he'd reverse a Harris government decision, made in the late 1990's, to give control (referred to as tenure) to private enterprise - the forest companies who harvest Ontario trees. TimminsToday.com asked Gravelle several times whether he was personally comfortable with Ontario resources, wood fibre and lumber specifically,... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:31:00 +0100