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US Producer Prices: June
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Wednesday released the Producer Price Indexes (PPI) for June. Inflation in prices received by producers rose 0.4 per cent in June after a 0.5 per cent increase in May. The increase was based on rising prices for both goods (0.7 per cent) and services (0.3 per cent). Within…
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Canada Manufacturing Survey: May
Manufacturing sales in Canada edged up 0.1 per cent to $49.9 billion in May, while constant dollar sales fell 0.5 per cent, indicating a lower volume of goods sold, said Statistics Canada Wednesday. The slight increase in current dollar sales was the second gain in 2015. Sales were up in 6 out of 21 industries,…
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Great Lakes Forestry Funding
The Government of Canada announced Tuesday $5-million in new funding for Natural Resources Canada’s Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. The funding will be used for energy-efficiency and infrastructure upgrades to the Centre, which conducts research on sustainable forest management, biological control of forest pests and diseases, forest productivity and forest fire…
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Timber Allocation: Québec
A forestry agreement signed Monday halts a $180-million Cree lawsuit against the Quebec government. The agreement between the Quebec government and the Grand Council of the Crees calls for co-management of forestry cutting and protection of woodland caribou in northern Quebec. It establishes more than 9,000 square kilometres in new protected areas where no forestry…
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Thirteen Storey Timber Tower: Québec
Québec City’s Pointe-aux-Lievres eco-district is getting a 13-storey tower constructed mostly of cross laminated timber (CLT), with 12 storeys of apartments on top of a concrete podium, according to the Deccan Herald July 10. The condominium building, designed by Yvan Blouin, is being marketed as Origine.Origine is being built by Nordic Structures, who are of…
