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A worker at the Chasm Sawmill, British Columbia, division of West Fraser was buried to about head or chest depth in a wood shavings bin area and needed to be rescued, according to a WorkSafeBC report, said the Columbia Valley Pioneer Friday. The incident was not immediately reported to the Board and between the time…

US home construction improved a slight +1.5% in October, but ground breaking for single-family houses fell. The US Commerce Department said Tuesday US housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.23 million, up from 1.21 million in September. The gains came entirely from apartments. Starts for single-family houses slipped -1.8% last month.…

The United Steel Workers (USW) Bargaining Committee, representing the British Columbia USW Locals 1-405 (Cranbrook), 1-417 (Kamloops), 1-423 (Kelowna) and 1-2017 (Prince George), which includes 2,600 members in the south region and 2,000 members in the north region, booked out provincial mediator Dave Schaub late Friday night after talks broke down with the Interior Forest…

The manufacture and sale of North America softwood lumber and panel raced headlong into the US Thanksgiving long weekend after two years of a very tumultuous market. Madison’s own expectations were for the recent annual North American Wholesale Lumbermen’s Association (NAWLA) meeting in Chicago, IL, to be “off-the-hook” as the kids say. While extremely well…

Fast on the news last week that the respective bargaining committees, for workers and employers, were making progress and a deal seemed imminent, this weekend came word of possible more continued rotating strikes for British Columbia sawmills. According to the United Steelworkers, contract talks have broken down with the Interior Forest Labour Relations Association (IFLRA),…