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North American softwood lumber prices bounce off lows of two weeks ago
Madison’s Lumber Reporter — Given the wee surge last week, North American softwood lumber prices have bounced from read more…
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FEA’s billion board foot club ranking for 2019
Vancouver, BC — The annual FEA-Canada Billion Board Foot Club list of top global lumber companies’ production recorded read more…
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US Dept of Commerce announces new deadline for softwood reviews
In response to operational adjustments due to COVID-19, Enforcement and Compliance (E & C) has decided to uniformly read more…
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Nokian Ground King hybrid pattern tires
Nokian Heavy Tyres, Nokia, Finland, 29 April 2020 – Released in 2019, the Nokian Ground King hybrid pattern read more…
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Eacom donates KN95 masks to healthcare workers
Timmins – EACOM Timber Corporation is pleased to donate more than half of its KN95 mask supply to read more…
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UBC Forestry professor receives ‘Nobel Prize of Forest Research’
The Faculty of Forestry at UBC has announced faculty member and Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing (I), read more…
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Forestry Steps Up to Help Neighbours in Need
Foresters spend a lot of time in the outdoors and they know that trees are connected to each read more…
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Trees harvested for biomass energy under scrutiny
Prince George Citizen — One of the more contentious sources of renewable energy is biomass – burning wood read more…
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Home buyers drop to lowest 1st quarter reading in three years
According to NAHB’s latest Housing Trends Report (HTR), the share of adults who are considering purchasing a home read more…
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Domtar to temporarily idle Hawesville, Kentucky mill
FORT MILL, S.C. — Domtar Corporation has provided an update to its previously announced capacity reduction plan, which read more…
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Canfor announces voting results for the election of directors
BC — Canfor has announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual read more…
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Pandemic tree-planting guidelines released
B.C. tree planting companies are now required to implement plans to fight the spread of the pandemic at read more…
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Ties forged in fires of NAFTA talks were key to Canada-U.S. border deal: Hillman
WASHINGTON, The Canadian Press — Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. says the links the two countries forged during read more…
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Canada inflation rate tumbles to five-year low
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s annual inflation rate tumbled to a near five-year low in March as gas prices read more…
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New health rules for forestry
B.C., Prince George Citizen — Two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the Northern Health area on read more…
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No campfires, no personal fireworks: N.L. puts bans in place until Sept. 30
CBC NEWS — The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has issued a ban on all open fires in read more…
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North American softwood lumber prices fall more slowly
Madison’s Lumber Reporter — In contrast to the sharp plummets of recent weeks, most North American construction framing read more…
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Canfor Pulp announces first quarter, suspends dividend
The Company reported operating income of $6.10 million for the first quarter of 2020, up $29.60 million from read more…
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Ontario Marks 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
TORONTO — Today, Jeff Yurek, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks released the following statement on the 50th read more…
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Alberta hires more firefighters
BOW VALLEY, COCHRANE TODAY – The Alberta government is hiring 200 more firefighters, implementing a fire ban and read more…
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Fannie Mae predicts short, painful downturn
AMP Mortgagenewsdaily.com — Fannie Mae’s April Economic Developments summary is, like Freddie Mac’s, relatively optimistic only because they read more…
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World’s most modern sawmill to be built in Rauma, Finland
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has made the decision to build the world’s most modern sawmill in read more…
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Infectious Disease Preparedness & Response Planning Webinar
The Railway Tie Association (RTA) and EHS Support have teamed to provide those in the Wood Industry, and read more…
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Chip shortage looms as sawmills cut production
Supply cuts that were supposed to bolster the beleaguered lumber market are now effecting the wood chip supply read more…
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Impact of Covid-19 on international recycling markets
BRUSSELS — BIR continues to gather expert updates on the impact of COVID-19 on international recycling markets. Even though read more…