Weekly Update Newsletter
January 14th/2022
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Market Update
Market updates for this week can be found here.
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Employment Opportunity
The SNB Marketing Board currently has an employment opportunity for a candidate that has a forestry and marketing background.
Click here to see the job posting.
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COVID-19 Restrictions at Level 3
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the SNB Marketing Board office has limited public access to the front entry of the building. With the province going to level 3 restrictions at midnight today, there will be even greater restrictions on many businesses such as gyms, spas, entertainment centers and restaurants. Retail and business establishments are required to limit capacity to 50% and encourage curbside pickup where possible.
For those owners and producers that prefer not to enter the office, SNB Marketing Board does offer direct deposit services. Clientele that prefer not to enter the office, but would still like to pick up payments, transportation certificates, or drop off documents, can call ahead (506-433-9877) and staff can place / pick up your documents between the two sets of doors at the front, main entrance.
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International Vaccination Requirements for Truckers
It seems that the Canadian government was involved in some miscommunication this week concerning trucker vaccination requirements. Earlier in this week, Canadian Border Services Agency said that Canadian truckers returning from the US would be exempt from vaccination and quarantine requirements.
This was quickly reversed Thursday in a release, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos along with the transport and public safety ministers said the CBSA statement from Wednesday evening was “provided in error,” and that Canadian truckers must be vaccinated if they want to avoid quarantine and a pre-arrival molecular test, starting this weekend.
Canada’s requirements take effect January 15, 2022, while the U.S. regulations take effect the following Saturday, January 22, 2022. See the story here.
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Knowledge and Education
To support sound silviculture management decisions by woodlot owners and forestry professionals, the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners (NBFWO), as part of the project "Building Capacity of N.B. Woodlot Owners to Adapt to Climate Change", presents a two-day conference that will include informative presentations and expert discussions concerning adapting our silviculture management today to create forests that will be more healthy and resilient to changing climate conditions here in the Acadian Forest region.
Dates for this free conference will be January 31 and February 1, 2022.
Registration deadline is January 28, 2022.
For more information, click here.
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In The Media
US South softwood timber surplus likely to diminish over next decade. To read more, click here .
2022 lumber markets outlook. Click here to find out more.
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Cracks in foundation led to wind turbine's collapse, 49 others also at risk. To read more about this local article, click here.
N.B maple syrup producers plan strike after waiting two years on a request to government for more land. Read more by clicking here.
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Conservation
Canada calls for proposals to support 2 Billion Trees program. To find out more, click here. To apply with a proposal or find out how you can help, click here.
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