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BC lumber industry looking up

TheChronicleHerald.ca There has also been a general decline in the industry, with nearly 94000 Canadian forestry jobs lost over the last nine years, primarily in British Columbia … Click for more

Lumber prices at highest in three years

Globe and Mail Capital is returning to forestry. In late March, Herb Doman, scion of a lumber fortune that went bust, bought eight sawmills in Ontario and Quebec, … Click for more

Lumber prices at highest in three years

Globe and Mail Capital is returning to forestry. In late March, Herb Doman, scion of a lumber fortune that went bust, bought eight sawmills in Ontario and Quebec, … Click for more

BC lumber producers get break on US exports tax while facing rising loonie

Metro Canada – Vancouver VICTORIA, BC – The export tax BC forest companies pay to ship softwood lumber to the US is being cut by one-third because of rising wood prices. … Click for more

Northwest wood to power up the green energy lines

terrace Standard The project would come with 16 full time jobs and approximately 60 indirect jobs in forestry like loggers, truckers and operators. … Click for more

China loves wooden houses, as long as we’re paying for them

Vancouver Sun Sure, China is becoming a major consumer of BC wood products. With its economy booming, China’s consumption of BC softwood has doubled in the last year. … Click for more

Forest industry ‘could take off’

Victoria Times Colonist He’s negotiating with the labour union to lower labour costs, he said, because at the end of the day the only thing that can make BC forestry competitive … Click for more

Economic forum will focus on Eurocan

Economic forum will focus on Eurocan Northern Sentinel The recently-closed Eurocan pulp and paper mill in Kitimat will dominate discussion at an economic forum to be held locally next week. … Click for more

Forests minister calls for job-sharing to avoid ministry layoffs

Vancouver Sun … forest practices in the Great Bear Rainforest, lead to greater confidence in BC products because they have been approved by a credible third party. Click for more

Forestry taken off the ‘help’ list

Vancouver Sun By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver SunMarch 4, 2010 -The BC Liberals downgraded the forest ministry this week, cutting its funding by $200 million over three years … Click for more

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