Author: Madison’s Lumber Reporter

  • Goodfellow Reports

    Delson, QC’s, Goodfellow announced Tuesday its financial results for 2Q ended February 28, 2014. The Company reported a net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.04 per share, compared to a net loss of $0.9 million, or $0.11 per share, a year ago. Consolidated sales for 2Q were $95.4 million, the same as the previous year.…

  • Port Metro Vancouver Trucker Strike Resolved

    Vancouver port truckers reach deal to end strike Port Metro Vancouver container truck drivers to be back at work Thursday morning CBC News Posted: Mar 26, 2014 4:40 PM PT Last Updated: Mar 27, 2014 6:56 AM PT http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-port-truckers-reach-deal-to-end-strike-1.2587948 Port Metro Vancouver truckers reach deal to end strike (updated) Agreement includes both unionized and non-unionized…

  • Transportation Crisis, Canada

    Leaders of the union representing 3,000 conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators at the railway will meet on Friday to decide whether to strike or take other action after union members narrowly rejected a second tentative contract deal with Canada’s biggest railway. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said in a statement that it still has…

  • US Housing Starts, Home Sales, Inventories

    US housing starts fell for a third straight month in February, but a rebound in building permits offered some hope for the housing market as it struggles to emerge from a soft patch. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday groundbreaking slipped 0.2 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 907,000 units. That followed…

  • Mass Timber Building

    United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Tuesday announced a US$1 million program to be implemented by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service in partnership with the Wood Products Council’s WoodWorks initiative, according to a USDA press release this week. The initiative will provide training for architects, engineers and builders related to the…