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BC Sawmill Worker Injured
Details about the condition, identity, and injuries of a Centurion Lumber Manufacturing worker, hurt late Thursday morning in a planer mill near Chemainus, BC, were unknown at press time. Cpl. Jon Stuart of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP confirmed on scene man in his mid- to late-50s was seriously injured at 11:33 a.m. in the firm’s…
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US Real Estate, Mortgages
Asking home prices rose at their slowest rate in 13 months, rising just 8 per cent year-over-year, or 7.2 per cent excluding foreclosures, according to Trulia Thursday. Although this year-over-year increase is slower than in previous months, an 8 per cent increase is still far above the long-term historical norm for home-price appreciation, the agency…
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British Columbia Exports to Asia 2000-2013
British Columbia Exports to Asia A new analysis of more than a decade’s worth of trade data show that the volume of shipped goods out of Canada varies widely by province and sector. British Columbia’s exports to Asia, for example, have nearly doubled between 2000 and 2013 from roughly 24 per cent of provincial exports…
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Madison’s Lumber Reporter FREE Sample Issue
Every six months or so we update the one-time free sample issue of our weekly Madison’s Lumber Reporter. It can also be downloaded here . . . LATEST SAMPLE ISSUE
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Madison’s Weekly Lumber Market Comment
True summer-like days extended across North America this week as lumber and panel prices in the US and Canada floundered, writes Keta Kosman in Madison’s Lumber Reporter www.madisonseport.com Producers and wholesalers could not agree on the situation with the cash market; resellers claimed growing inventories and weak demand even as sawmills increased production. Prices of…
