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CN to Resolve BC Rail Car Backlog
Read more: CN to Resolve BC Rail Car BacklogCanadian National Railway said this week it’s alleviating a shortage of rail capacity for lumber shipments in British Columbia. The largest Canadian railroad’s ability to move wood products is gradually catching up with demand following extreme winter conditions in North America this year, Emily Hamer, a Vancouver-based CN spokesperson, said Thursday in a phone interview…
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US Housing Starts
Read more: US Housing StartsUS housing starts rose less than expected in March and building permits fell, pointing to underlying weakness in the housing market that could persist despite better weather. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday groundbreaking increased 2.8 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. February’s starts were revised to show a 1.9 per…
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Oregon Timber Revenue
Read more: Oregon Timber RevenueEighteen western Oregon counties received US$39.6 million in another set of one-time federal payments for lands once owned by the Oregon & California Railroad, according to the Statesman Journal Thursday. Timber Revenue, Oregon The release was announced by the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees most of those lands. The Forest Service released US$68 million…
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BC College Receives Funding
Read more: BC College Receives FundingThe College of New Caledonia received its largest-ever grant Thursday, according to the Prince George Citizen. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada has given the college $1.88 million and the CNC Research Forestry Society has given $200,000 to research innovations in the forestry industry. The college will work with key players in the…
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L and S Lumber Closes
Read more: L and S Lumber ClosesA long time Nova Scotia sawmill has shut its doors, according to Atlantic Farm Focus Thursday. L and S Lumber in Caledonia, once known as NF Douglas Lumber, ceased operations April 7. The sawmill has many years of history behind it, operating formerly as the NF Douglas sawmill from the late 1800’s until it was…
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US Real Estate
Read more: US Real EstateA report April 11 from Zelman & Associates said it the analyst firm now expected a 5 per cent drop in sales of previously owned homes in America for 2014, to a seasonally adjusted annual level of 4.8 million units. At the start of this year, the firm had forecast nearly a 6 per cent…
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Lumber News Archives: November 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: November 2013Timberland Management: Governments ; The Canadian lumber industry : 2012 ; Lumber Prices in China ; Lumber Yard Fatality ; Canada, US Trade Balance ; Canada’s Manufacturing Survey ; Housing Affordability, US ; Associated Hardwoods Builds Sawmill ;Trade Agreements and Tarriffs ; USDA to Fund Biomass Fuel Research ; Housing Starts, Canada ; Japan…
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Lumber News Archives: December 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: December 2013Industrial Biomaterials Programs ; Logging Truck Accidents ; Housing Starts, Canada ; US Home Foreclosures, FHA Budget Shortfall US Construction, Housing ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; State of Canada’s Forests Report 2013 ; Japan Housing Starts ; Sawmill Fire Quickly Contained ; Canada Building Permits ; Trade Surplus, Canada EUTR Update ; Madison’s Announces .…
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Lumber News Archives: Oct 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: Oct 2013Illegal Timber Harvesting ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; CN Rail Labour Contract Talks Stall ; UK Timber Shortage ; US Builder Confidence : October 2013 ; Oregon’s Forestry Employment ; Large Timberland Sale Politics and Lumber Exports ; Labour Negotiations Move to Southern Interior ; Canada Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan ; 2013 US…
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Lumber News Archives: August 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: August 2013BC Lumber Exports to India ; Canadian Housing Starts ; North American Hardwood Lumber Exports ; HMI Index Soars in 2Q ; Wildfires US Forest Service “Healthy Forests Act ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Short-Term Timber Forecast : Japan; 2Q Financial Results ; US Pending Home Sales, Prices Residential and Non-Residential Construction and Spending ;…
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Lumber News Archives: July 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: July 2013Softwood Lumber Board Update ; US Housing Starts, Builder Sentiment ; BC Forest Practices Board Report ; Canada Wholesale Trade North American Trucking Crisis ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Housing Starts, Canada ; Japan Housing Starts ; US Producer Price Index ; Structurlam Funding ; Canwell Acquires . . . Forestry and Sustainability ; Babine…
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Lumber News Archives: June 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: June 2013US Housing Market ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Canadian Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan ; New Cedar Shingle Mill ; Forestry Worker Fatality ;Cellulostic Biomass Fuel ; US Forest Service Wildfire Battle ; Canada Building Permits ; Rental Market, Architectural Billings, US ; Maryland Sawmill Fire Non-Residential Construction Uses for Wood ; CP Rail…
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Lumber News Archives: May 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: May 2013Forestry Week, Vancouver ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; US Housing Starts ; British Columbia Floods ; Sawmill Fire, Forestry Worker Fatality ; Interfor Buys . . . ; Biomass Fuel Study ; North American Wildfires ; Canada Housing Starts ; Housing Starts, Japan; Ontario Wood Pellet Plant ; Quarterly Earnings;Hardwood Plywood Imports From China ;…
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Lumber News Archives: April 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: April 2013US Forest Service to Address Forest Health ; Leading Economic Index, US ; Sawmill Worker Casualty, Log Truck Driver Fatality ; US Housing Starts ; Corner Brook Receives Loan ; BC Election: Forestry Platforms ; Catalyst Paper Announces . . . ; US Forest Service to Address Forest Health ; Leading Economic Index, US ;…
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Lumber News Archives: March 2013
Read more: Lumber News Archives: March 2013India Growth and Trade ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Sawmill Accident ; Asian Lumber Company Visits to US Sawmills ; US Home Prices; Canadian Industrial Capacity Utilization BC Timber Allocation ; Canada Housing Starts ; LNG Plant in Howe Sound ; AFPA Results; Flavelle Cedar Mill’s Future Uncertain ; US Mortgage Regulator Making Progress ;BC’s…
