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Sawmill Fire
Nobody was injured when a small fire caused an explosion that ripped a hole in a wall at the Flavelle Sawmill in Port Moody, BC, early Tuesday morning. PoMo Fire Chief Remo Faedo told The Tri-City News investigators are unsure what caused the blaze but said the flames heated up a nitrogen tank attached to…
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Japan Lumber and Logs: October 2015, Housing Starts
According to Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries “Informa- tion on the Exports and Imports of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Products” report, Japan’s export of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products amounted to 66.07 billion yen in October 2015, an increase of 17.5 per cent from the same month of the previous year, said the…
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US and Canada Lumber Production: October 2015
Lumber production in the United States totalled 27.022 billion board feet from January through October 2015. This represents a 1.2 per cent increase as com– pared to January-October 2014, according to the Western Wood Products Association’s “Lumber Track” publication, released Wednesday. Lumber production in Canada from January through October 2015 totalled 22.193 billion board feet.…
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Truck Logger Association Announces….
Members of The Truck Loggers Association elected their first female president, Jacqui Beban, at their AGM in Vancouver this week. The Truck Loggers Association has had 37 male presidents since its incorporation on May 4, 1943. This is a historic first for The Truck Loggers Association and BC’s forest industry.
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US Home Prices: October and Year-End 2015
Home prices across the US, including distressed sales, increased by 6.3 per cent in November 2015 compared with November 2014 and increased by 0.5 per- cent in November 2015 compared with October 2015, according to the CoreLogic HPI released Thursday. US House Prices: October and Year-End 2015 The Black Knight current month US home prices…
