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Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015
New forest industry data out this week from Statistics Canada, the US Census, and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service: VOLUMES of Softwood Lumber Production in Canada for full-year 2015 rose by 7.6% , to 62.9744 million cubic metres, compared to 58.1583 million cubic metres the previous year. VALUES of US Sawmill Products Imports from Canada…
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BC Ministry of Forests Wildfire Funding 2016
The province of British Columbia announced February 26 it is boosting its wildfire prevention efforts with a one-time $85 million injection of resources. British Columbia Wildfire Funding The province of British Columbia has announced a new forest society which will be supported by $85 million in government funding. The new Forest Enhancement Society of…
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Wildfire Season 2016
Since the devastating fire at Slave Lake in May 2011, the province of Alberta has adopted an early start date to it’s wildfire season. Canada and US Wildfire Season 2016 British Columbia BC Parks officials in conjunction with the BC Wildfire Service are planning a prescribed burn in Monck Provincial Park near Merritt this March…
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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…
