by Working Forest | Apr 27, 2020 | Archives
WASHINGTON, The Canadian Press — Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. says the links the two countries forged during the 2018 talks to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement have been key to the successful shared effort to manage the COVID-19 crisis. Kirsten...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2020 | Archives
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s annual inflation rate tumbled to a near five-year low in March as gas prices plunged while analysts said the relevance of future data could be affected because of disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Statistics Canada...
by Working Forest | Apr 24, 2020 | Archives
B.C., Prince George Citizen — Two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Northern Health area on Thursday, and one additional patient was hospitalized and in critical care. B.C. provincial health officer Dr Bonnie Henry announced 29 new cases of the disease...
by Working Forest | Apr 23, 2020 | Archive Articles, Articles
CBC NEWS — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a ban on all open fires in or near wooded areas until Sept. 30. Government says the goal is to reduce the number of potential wildfires in the province which would require response by fisheries...
by Working Forest | Apr 23, 2020 | Archives
Madison’s Lumber Reporter — In contrast to the sharp plummets of recent weeks, most North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices either remained steady or dropped by smaller increments last week as distributors had decent demand from...