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BC Forest Products Exports, Lumber Prices: Aug and Oct 2014
BC Forest Products Exports, Lumber Prices: Aug and Oct 2014 BC Forest Products Exports, Lumber Prices: Aug and Oct 2014 from Madison’s Lumber Reporter
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Canadian Forestry Achievement Award
The award for recognition of unique and outstanding achievement in forestry in Canada, presented in early October at the Canadian Institute of Forestry’s AGM in Salt Lake City, UT, went to Vancouver, BC’s, Bill Bourgeois. Bourgeois has been working in the forest sector for over 38 years. He has a Master’s degree from the University…
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Port Metro Vancouver
This past spring about 1,300 union and non-union container truckers withdrew their services at British Columbia’s biggest port, in Vancouver, complaining of long wait times to pick up and drop off containers and the undercutting of rates. The 28-day strike was resolved at the end of March but it took almost six weeks to resolve…
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UBC Researcher Develops Wearable Dust Monitor
A startup, Nanozen, based out of the University of BC in Vancouver, has developed a real-time, wearable particle sensor for use in mines, sawmills, and other industrial locations where dust and particles can lead to dangerous explosions and debilitating respiratory diseases, according to the Vancouver Sun Friday. Winnie Chu, a professor in environmental health at…
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US New Home Sales
Sales of new US single-family homes rose to a six-year high in September, but a sharp downward revision to August’s sales pace indicated the housing recovery remains tentative. The Commerce Department said on Friday that sales increased 0.2 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 467,000 units, the highest reading since July 2008.…
