Author: kkosman

  • 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement Expiry

    As first published in your Madison’s Lumber Reporter September 25, 2014, the 2006 Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement expires in a year. So far the apparent position of Canada is simply to renew as is, even though the US Lumber Coalition has already said it has grave concerns about key points of the Agreement and does…

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…