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Japan Wood Imports from North America: 1H 2017
Read more: Japan Wood Imports from North America: 1H 2017Japan imports of North American logs for the first half of 2017 dropped 8.5 per cent compared to the same time the previous year, to 1.37 million cubic metres, while that of lumber increased 2.4 per cent, to 1.1 million cubic metres, said Japan Lumber Reports August 25. The decrease in log imports is due…
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Heffler Forest Products Reopens
Read more: Heffler Forest Products ReopensJobs are coming back to Hefler Forest Products’ sawmill in Middle Sackville, NS, starting next month, said Stan Mason, president of the forest products company to The Hants Journal September 15. The company will be producing specialty wood products, including 12-foot and 16-foot lengths and deck boards. The new hires next month will amount to…
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Renting in USA: New Reality
Read more: Renting in USA: New RealityA total of 43 million Americans were renters in 2016, and of that number 47.7 per cent were cost-burdened, meaning these consumers spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing, a threshold long used by the federal government to identify “rent-burdened” households, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2015 American Community Survey.…
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Western Forest Products and Long Hoh Lay Off Workers
Read more: Western Forest Products and Long Hoh Lay Off WorkersThe Public and Private Workers of Canada and Unifor say 160 sawmill workers are being laid off, according to My Comox Valley Now Thursday. The layoffs are happening at the Ladysmith, BC, Western Forest Products sawmill and at Long Hoh Enterprises at Qualicum Beach, BC, both on Vancouver Island. Forestry Officer Cam Shiell says that’s…
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British Columbia New Government Budget Revealed: Forestry
Read more: British Columbia New Government Budget Revealed: ForestryThe newly-elected BC provincial government earlier this year has released it’s budget plan, for the general economy and for the forests ministry. There are some changes in the dollars for the 2017/18 estimate from the previous year. Madison’s caught up with the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Thursday to…
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Softwood Lumber, Storms, and NAFTA
Read more: Softwood Lumber, Storms, and NAFTANews out late in the afternoon Thursday suggests that some Canadian negotiators are considering trying to add softwood lumber in the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. According to Global News, Canada’s ambassador to the US, David MacNaughton, expressed frustration at the US industry using what is effectively its veto power to block any…
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Western Forest Products and Long Hoh Lay Off Workers
Read more: Western Forest Products and Long Hoh Lay Off WorkersThe Public and Private Workers of Canada and Unifor say 160 sawmill workers are being laid off, according to My Comox Valley Now Thursday. The layoffs are happening at the Ladysmith, BC, Western Forest Products sawmill and at Long Hoh Enterprises at Qualicum Beach, BC, both on Vancouver Island. Forestry Officer Cam Shiell says that’s…
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Canada Sawmill Fires
Read more: Canada Sawmill FiresA devastating fire at Port Dover, ON’s, Porter Lumber Wednesday morning is expected to have caused $3 million in damage to the solid wood production facility, said the Simcoe Reformer. No injuries were reported. However, damage is pegged at $3 million. The property was not insured. As well, the local fire department was called Wednesday…
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North American Sawmill Capacity Utilization and Lumber Production: June 2017
Read more: North American Sawmill Capacity Utilization and Lumber Production: June 2017Rates of production as percent of practical capacity for North American sawmills for June 2017 rose from May to 85% in the US, compared to 86% the previous year and 86% for full year 2016, said the latest issue of the Western Wood Products Association Lumber Track Monday. Capacity utilization of sawmills in Canada for…
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British Columbia Lumber Exports: July 2017
Read more: British Columbia Lumber Exports: July 2017British Columbia lumber export values are up +3 per cent for 2017 year-to-date July compared to the same period in 2016, to $8.23 billion compared to $8.02, said the Competitiveness and Innovation Branch, Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations Wednesday. British Columbia Lumber Exports: July 2017 Exports of lumber by value is down…
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US House Price Index and Pending Home Sales: June 2017
Read more: US House Price Index and Pending Home Sales: June 2017The Case-Shiller US National Home Price Index, reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices Tuesday, rose at a seasonally adjusted annual growth rate of 4.4 per cent in June, faster than the 3.2 per cent in April and the 3.7 per cent in May. US HOUSE PRICE INDEX AND PENDING HOME SALES: JUNE 2017 The Case-Shiller…
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North America Wildfire Season: 2017
Read more: North America Wildfire Season: 2017A massive wildfire raging south of the US border in Washington State crossed into Canada overnight Wednesday, according to Global News. The BC Wildfire Service said the Diamond Creek fire is burning 70 kilometres west of Osoyoos, BC, within the vicinity of Border Lake. CANADA AND US WILDFIRE SEASON: 2017 BC Parks Wednesday shut down…
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Madison’s Canadian Lumber Directory *new* : FREE 2-WEEK TRIAL
Read more: Madison’s Canadian Lumber Directory *new* : FREE 2-WEEK TRIALA brand-new user interface for Madison’s interactive searchable online Canadian sawmill directory listings. Madison’s Online Lumber Directory is updating our user interface. Access our *new* tool will include US primary sawmills, secondary remanufacturers, panel mills, pulp and paper mills, and wholesalers. • extensive, detailed listings on all Canadian lumber, panel, pulp and paper, and shake…
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British Columbia Wildfire Update
Read more: British Columbia Wildfire UpdateThis year’s forest inferno in British Columbia is being mirrored on every continent, according to the new study examining the mechanics of tree death. Each successive fire and the carbon released leads to more drought, crippling the ability of forests to absorb and sequester carbon, said David Galvez, a former researcher at the University of…
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US New and Existing Home Sales, Prices, Inventory: July 2017
Read more: US New and Existing Home Sales, Prices, Inventory: July 2017According to the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development Wednesday, sales of new single-family homes in the US fell 9.4 per cent over the month of July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 571,000. Despite the declines, sales over the first seven months of 2017 are 9.2 per…
