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BC Logging Contractor Sustainability Funding
British Columbia Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Steve Thomson, announced May 6 more funding to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund—bringing government’s total contributions to $7 million. British Columbia Logging Contractor Sustainability Funding Minister Steve Thomson announced last week an additional $1 million contribution to the Forestry Service Providers Compensation Fund—bringing government’s…
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Canada and US Lumber Production: Feb 2016
US softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 1.3 per cent, to 5,207 million board feet, from 5,138 million board feet in the first two months of 2015, according to Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track, released Fri- day. Canada softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 13.5 per cent, to 4,611…
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British Columbia Wholesale Lumber Association Roasts
The British Columbia Wholesale Lumber Association will be holding it’s 36TH Annual Lumberman Of The Year Award Roast at the Terminal City Club in downtown Vancouver, June 16. BCWLA Roasts… “A patriarch of the BCWLA will receive his due reward: to be roasted to a fine turn by his peers at an award ceremony to…
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Canada and US Softwood Lumber Production : February 2016
US softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 1.3 per cent, to 5,207 million board feet, from 5,138 million board feet in the first two months of 2015, according to Western Wood Products Association‘s monthly Lumber Track, released today. Canada softwood lumber production Jan – Feb 2016 up 13.5 per cent, to 4,611 million…
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B.C. Forest Product Exports – March 2016
Highlight of Exports YTD 2016 (March), compared to YTD 2015 (March): B.C. forest product exports totalled $3.46 billion, up 8.7% from $3.18 billion. Share of export value by market: U.S. (52.0%, up from 47.0%), China + Hong Kong (25.4%, down from 30.1%), Japan (8.5%, down from 9.0%) and other destinations (14.2%, up…
