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US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015
Read more: US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015https://twitter.com/LumberNews @lumbernews US housing starts in February were 30.9% higher than in February a year ago, http://on.wsj.com/1UfE3us via @WSJ important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada & US is single-family starts up 24% compared to one year ago .
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US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015
Read more: US housing starts February 2016 up 31%; single-family starts up 24%, both compared to 2015https://twitter.com/LumberNews @lumbernews US housing starts in February were 30.9% higher than in February a year ago, http://on.wsj.com/1UfE3us via @WSJ important for softwood lumber manufacturers in Canada & US is single-family starts up 24% compared to one year ago .
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015
Read more: Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015New forest industry data out this week from Statistics Canada, the US Census, and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service: VOLUMES of Softwood Lumber Production in Canada for full-year 2015 rose by 7.6% , to 62.9744 million cubic metres, compared to 58.1583 million cubic metres the previous year. VALUES of US Sawmill Products Imports from Canada…
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Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015
Read more: Canada Softwood Lumber Production, US Lumber Imports & Exports Full Year 2015New forest industry data out this week from Statistics Canada, the US Census, and the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service: VOLUMES of Softwood Lumber Production in Canada for full-year 2015 rose by 7.6% , to 62.9744 million cubic metres, compared to 58.1583 million cubic metres the previous year. VALUES of US Sawmill Products Imports from Canada…
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BC Ministry of Forests Wildfire Funding 2016
Read more: BC Ministry of Forests Wildfire Funding 2016The province of British Columbia announced February 26 it is boosting its wildfire prevention efforts with a one-time $85 million injection of resources. British Columbia Wildfire Funding The province of British Columbia has announced a new forest society which will be supported by $85 million in government funding. The new Forest Enhancement Society of…
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Wildfire Season 2016
Read more: Wildfire Season 2016Since the devastating fire at Slave Lake in May 2011, the province of Alberta has adopted an early start date to it’s wildfire season. Canada and US Wildfire Season 2016 British Columbia BC Parks officials in conjunction with the BC Wildfire Service are planning a prescribed burn in Monck Provincial Park near Merritt this March…
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Sawmill Accidents, Fatalities
Read more: Sawmill Accidents, FatalitiesOfficials say a 50-year-old New Brunswick man has died after suffering a head injury at an Irving sawmill, according to Canadian Press Wednesday. The man sustained a head injury in the chipper building and later died in hospital. Another man is dead following what a British Columbia forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” Saturday…
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Sawmill Fires
Read more: Sawmill FiresFire Rescue responded to a fire at the Tolko sawmill in Merritt, BC, around 1:30 Saturday afternoon. As well, the cause of the Thursday night fire in a sawmill building at Weaber Inc in Lebanon County, PA, was under investigation Friday. Fires, Sawmills Fire Chief Dave Tompkinson said to CFJC radio a hydraulic oil tank…
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BC First Nation Signs…
Read more: BC First Nation Signs…The Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and British Columbia’s Ministry of Forests forged a timber harvesting agreement that will last the next 25 years. The Ministry announced on Tues- day that the indigenous nation encompassing Prince George would get access to 25,000 cubic metres of timber per year from within their traditional territory. The agreement is…
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China Log Imports: 2015
Read more: China Log Imports: 2015Official data from China Customs released Thursday shows a sharp drop in log imports in 2015. China’s log imports in 2015 totalled 44.55 million cubic metres valued at US$8 billion, a year on year decline of 13 per cent in volume and 32 per cent in value. The average price for imported logs was US$181…
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More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions
Read more: More Softwood Lumber Trade DiscussionsLast week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…
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More Softwood Lumber Trade Discussions
Read more: More Softwood Lumber Trade DiscussionsLast week in your softwood lumber Reporter, Madison’s printed an excerpt from the Globe and Mail: “International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the cabinet committee on Canada-US relations, told The Globe and Mail Tuesday that the White House talks between US President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau next week will also result in steps…
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Canada State of the Forests 2015
Read more: Canada State of the Forests 2015For a quarter century the Government of Canada has been using The State of Canada’s Forests report to chronicle Canada’s progress toward sustainable forest management. Canada State of the Forest 2015 Report Canada Forest Cover Canada has 348 million hectares of forest land. This represents 9 per cent of the world’s forests and 24 per…
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Price-to-Rent Ratio, US: Year-over-Year 2015
Read more: Price-to-Rent Ratio, US: Year-over-Year 2015The Case-Shiller National House Price Index increased 5.4 per cent year-over-year in December said the agency Tuesday. The year-over-year increase in prices is mostly moving sideways now around 5 per cent. In December 2015, the index was up 5.4 per cent. It has been almost ten years since the bubble peak. In the Case-Shiller release,…
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Conifex Elects…
Read more: Conifex Elects…Conifex Timber has appointed Tom Reed to its Board of Directors, the company said in a press release Monday. In 2015, Mr. Reed was Vice President of Resources in Plum Creek Timber Inc.’s Atlantic South region and oversaw sustainable forest management in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Reed currently serves as…
