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North America Wildfire Season: 2017
A massive wildfire raging south of the US border in Washington State crossed into Canada overnight Wednesday, according to Global News. The BC Wildfire Service said the Diamond Creek fire is burning 70 kilometres west of Osoyoos, BC, within the vicinity of Border Lake. CANADA AND US WILDFIRE SEASON: 2017 BC Parks Wednesday shut down…
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Madison’s Canadian Lumber Directory *new* : FREE 2-WEEK TRIAL
A brand-new user interface for Madison’s interactive searchable online Canadian sawmill directory listings. Madison’s Online Lumber Directory is updating our user interface. Access our *new* tool will include US primary sawmills, secondary remanufacturers, panel mills, pulp and paper mills, and wholesalers. • extensive, detailed listings on all Canadian lumber, panel, pulp and paper, and shake…
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British Columbia Wildfire Update
This year’s forest inferno in British Columbia is being mirrored on every continent, according to the new study examining the mechanics of tree death. Each successive fire and the carbon released leads to more drought, crippling the ability of forests to absorb and sequester carbon, said David Galvez, a former researcher at the University of…
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US New and Existing Home Sales, Prices, Inventory: July 2017
According to the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Wednesday, sales of new single-family homes in the US fell 9.4 per cent over the month of July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000. Despite the declines, sales over the first seven months of 2017 are 9.2 per…
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Canada Investment in New Housing Construction: June 2017
Investment in new housing construction in Canada rose 7.2 per cent from June 2016 to $4.7 billion in June, said Statistics Canada Tuesday. The increase was mostly attributable to higher investment in single family dwellings (+$257.9 million). All but one province saw an increase in new housing investment in June 2017. The largest increase was…
