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Interfor Buys Four US Sawmills
Interfor buys four mills, raising bet on U.S. lumber production to hedge against B.C. supply constraints By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun December 22, 2014 Madison’s Lumber Reporter: “B.C. mills are well stocked in the immediate term, according to Keta Kosman, publisher of the industry newsletter Madison’s Lumber Reporter, with just some specialty timber — such…
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Seasons Greetings from Madison’s !
All of us here at your Madison’s Lumber Reporter extend our most sincere holiday greetings, and Best Wishes for the New Year, to our valued subscribers, sources, and other contacts. In keeping with tradition started in 1952 by Peter Madison, we are taking our annual holiday season break however this year are extending that by…
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Two Sawmill Worker Fatalities
The body of a truck driver who disappeared while delivering wood chips to a Catalyst Paper Mill in Crofton, BC, this week has been found in a storage container at that facility, according to Canadian Press Friday. The BC Coroners Service says workers at the Catalyst Paper Mill couldn’t find 66-year-old Perry Thomas about a…
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Housing Starts, Canada
A report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp Monday showed the seasonally adjusted annualized rate of Canadian housing starts rose to 195,620 units in November, from 183,659 in October. Canada Housing Starts Multiple-unit housing starts starts in urban areas rose 13.6 per cent, to 112,583, reversing most of the prior month’s decline. Single-family starts…
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New Brunswick Forestry Agreements
New Brunswick’s natural resources minister Thursday released the province’s forestry agreements, which give forest companies access to more Crown land and are the result of a 10-year plan announced in March. The plan will allow forestry companies to harvest an additional 660,000 cubic metres of softwood a year – a hike of 20 per cent.…
