Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • 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.  

  • US Construction: March 2016

    Construction input prices rose on a monthly basis in March for the rst time in nine months according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Producer Price Index. Input prices expanded 0.9 per cent on a monthly basis in March but are still down 3.4 per cent…

  • WorkSafeBC Fines

    Prince George, BC, sawmill Carrier Lumber Ltd. has been fined $30,000 for high accumulations of hazardous dust, said WorkSafeBC Thursday. WorkSafeBC posted the fine in January, according to an online posting at the agency’s website, after the potentially combustible material was found on cable trays under machine centres; in the merchandising area (especially in the…

  • WorkSafeBC Fines

    Prince George, BC, sawmill Carrier Lumber Ltd. has been fined $30,000 for high accumulations of hazardous dust, said WorkSafeBC Thursday. WorkSafeBC posted the fine in January, according to an online posting at the agency’s website, after the potentially combustible material was found on cable trays under machine centres; in the merchandising area (especially in the…

  • Wynndel Completes

    Canfor Corporation, out of Vancouver, BC, announced Friday that, further to its news release dated January 21, 2016, it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Wynndel Box & Lumber Ltd. located in the Creston Valley, BC.