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US Home Rentals, Sales, Prices: March 2016
Americans paid more to rent homes last month, but broader measures suggest that the surging increases of prior years have moderated in much of the country. Real estate data firm Zillow said Friday that the median US monthly rent rose a seasonally adjusted 2.6 per cent in March from a year ago, to US$1,389. That…
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Canada, US Railways Report: 1Q 2016
Canadian Pacific Railway, out of Calgary, AB, Wednesday reported 1Q 2016 earnings of $540 million, or $3.51 per diluted share, up from a pro t of $320 million, or $1.92 per diluted share a year ago. Railways Quarterly Results Canadian Pacific also reported that its operating ratio, which tracks operating expenses as a percentage of…
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USW Files Lockout Notice
The United Steelworkers Local 1-85, out of Port Alberni on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island have “laid a lockout complaint with the Labour Relations Board against Western Forest Products, which we are working through submissions and hope to get a hearing as early as next week,” said the USW’s Norm Mcleod to Madison’s in an email…
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Wildfire Season Incredibly Early Start: Canada, US
The BC Wildfire Service has responded to 45 new wildfires in northeast British Columbia over a two-day period, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations said on Tuesday. Early Wildfire Season 2016: Canada and US Canada The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday evening that the BC Wilfire Service has responded to…
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Potential Forest Products Industry Labour Problems: BC West Coast
British Columbia west coast forest products industry labour problems TSE:WEF: http://www.westernforest.com/ http://islandtimberlands.com/ “We have laid a lockout complaint with the Labour Relations Board,” United Steelworkers Union to @LumberNews today. More in tomorrow’s issue of your Madison’s Lumber Reporter.
