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Canadian Wood Fibre Centre — Call for Proposals
The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) is accepting applications for research funding for the 2020–2021 fiscal year for read more…
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Mass Timber rear expansion proposed at 1067 Yonge in Rosedale
URBANTORONTO.CA — A Site Plan Application submitted to the City of Toronto in mid-May seeks to add a read more…
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Province to buy land from struggling forestry sector members
CBC NEWS — Nova Scotia’s Lands and Forestry Department is focusing all of its budget for buying land read more…
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Kelowna clarifies purpose behind $100,000 forestry grant
Castenet.net — An $100,000 provincial grant the City of Kelowna received to help people affected by the slowdown read more…
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Swap Guesswork for Precision Data with Op Tracker
LIM GEOMATICS — No more guess-timation about what’s happening under the canopy. Op Tracker delivers timely data about read more…
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John Deere elects new president of construction and forestry
MOLINE, Ill., CNW — Deere & Company has announced that its Board of Directors elected John Stone, 50, read more…
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2020 North American Mass Timber State of the Industry Report Released
Missoula, MT – A team of leading experts has released the second annual North American Mass Timber Report. Due read more…
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Canfor Completes Purchase of Elliott Sawmilling Company
VANCOUVER, BC Cision Newswire — Canfor Corporation, further to its announcement on November 9, 2018, completed the purchase read more…
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Identifying the most vulnerable housing markets
NAHB — The analysis of the American Community Survey (ACS) suggests that renters and young adults under the read more…
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FEA’s weekly order survey shows May sales better than expected
FEA — Many dealers are reporting that their May sales are better than they had initially estimated. The read more…
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CDC tells employers to change the way people work
Law360 — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a step-by-step blueprint on how to reopen read more…
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COVID-19 has not stopped global trade of forest products
WRI Market Insights — The Coronavirus Epidemic has negatively impacted the supply chains for numerous industry sectors worldwide read more…
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Epidemiologists brace for 2nd wave of COVID-19 — and it may come in September
CBC NEWS — It may seem like things are returning to normal as the unprecedented rules and restrictions read more…
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April housing starts plunge 30% — is the bottom within sight?
Forest2Market — After tumbling over 18 percent in March, US housing starts plummeted another 30 percent in April read more…
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Stabilizes in May
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index held steady in May, following a sharp decline in April. The Index read more…
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Canada’s housing markets will begin to recover by mid-2021 – CMHC reports
OTTAWA, CNW — Economic uncertainty stemming from containment measures of COVID-19 and falling oil prices is affecting all read more…
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$1 Million Joint Investment Challenge
Nextfor has announced that it is launching an Expression of Interest for a $1 million joint investment commercialization read more…
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Global Wood Pallet Demand to Reach 5.8 billion units in 2024
Like most industries, the global pallets industry faces a high degree of uncertainty due to the ongoing coronavirus read more…
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Above-average forest fire risk for northwestern Ontario
CBC NEWS — Northwestern Ontario, from the Manitoba boundary as far east as Geraldton, is facing a higher-than-normal read more…
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New home sales could lead eventual recovery
NAHB — After weakening in March, the volume of new home sales came in much better than expected read more…
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China trade and COVID-19: A one-two punch hitting US hardwood producers
The American Journal of Transportation — The trade conflict with China has hit the United States hardwood sector read more…
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North American forest products rail freight drops 7.5%
North American forest products rail freight was down 7.50% through 20 weeks of 2020 at 316,493 carloads, the read more…
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USDA Loan Program Announced
NHLA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making available and expanding eligibility for up to $1 billion read more…
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Forestry, manufacturing slam on brakes in April
Forest2Market — US forest industry performance in March and April was recently reported by both the US government read more…
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Canada’s lumber production down 14.9% in January
Statistics Canada — Сanada’s lumber production increased 8.40% from December to 4 384.7 thousand cubic metres in January. read more…