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Sawmill Accidents, Fatalities
Officials say a 50-year-old New Brunswick man has died after suffering a head injury at an Irving sawmill, according to Canadian Press Wednesday. The man sustained a head injury in the chipper building and later died in hospital. Another man is dead following what a British Columbia forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” Saturday…
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Sawmill Fires
Fire Rescue responded to a fire at the Tolko sawmill in Merritt, BC, around 1:30 Saturday afternoon. As well, the cause of the Thursday night fire in a sawmill building at Weaber Inc in Lebanon County, PA, was under investigation Friday. Fires, Sawmills Fire Chief Dave Tompkinson said to CFJC radio a hydraulic oil tank…
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BC First Nation Signs…
The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests forged a timber harvesting agreement that will last the next 25 years. The Ministry announced on Tues- day that the indigenous nation encompassing Prince George would get access to 25,000 cubic metres of timber per year from within their traditional territory. The agreement is…
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China Log Imports: 2015
Official data from China Customs released Thursday shows a sharp drop in log imports in 2015. China’s log imports in 2015 totalled 44.55 million cubic metres valued at US$8 billion, a year on year decline of 13 per cent in volume and 32 per cent in value. The average price for imported logs was US$181…
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More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions
Last week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…
