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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 10/16/15
A selection of Key Lumber and Panel Prices, to be published in this week’s issue of Madison’s Lumber Reporter: WSPF KD R/L 2×4 #2&Btr . . . $256 . . +$6 WSPF KD R/L 2×6 #2&Btr . . . $248. . . +$4 WSPF KD R/L 2×8 #2&Btr . . . $278 . . .…
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British Columbia New Sawmill Safety Regulations
Measures in Bill 35, introduced Thursday in the BC Legislature, and drafted in answer to recommendations from the coroner’s inquests into the Lakeland and Babine sawmill explosions, include rules requiring employees to immediately report to WorkSafeBC all workplace fires or explosions that could have caused serious injury to a worker. The legislation will also require…
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Trade Deals: North America and International
Just as the 2006 Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement is expiring, leaving a one-year stand-still period before either country can embark on any kind of trade action against the other, the Trans-Pacific Partnership is signed between twelve Asian and North American countries, including Canada and the US. That agreement now has to be passed domestically by…
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BC Lumber Trade Council Press Release
The BC Lumber Trade Council is urging the federal government to engage with the US government to determine a way forward following the expiration of the Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, the agency said in a press release Friday. “It is important for governments on both sides of the border to take steps to avoid another…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter KEY PRICES Week of 10/09/15
A selection of key lumber and panel prices, to be published in this week’s issue of Madison’s Lumber Reporter: WSPF KD R/L 2×4 #2&Btr . . . $250 . . +$2 WSPF KD R/L 2×6 #2&Btr . . . $244. . . +$2 WSPF KD R/L 2×8 #2&Btr . . . $278 . . .…
