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Canada to seek judicial review of latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties
The federal government in Ottawa is pushing back against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber. Trade Minister Mary Ng, shown in this Thursday June 15, 2023 file pjhto, says Canada plans a judicial review of last month’s Treasury Department assessment of the levies, which she calls unfair, unjust and illegal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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RCMP back at Fairy Creek logging blockades after high court confirmed protester’s acquittal
An RCMP helicopter is seen patrolling the Fairy Creek logging area near Port Renfrew, B.C., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Mounties are back enforcing an injunction on Vancouver Island less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the acquittal of a protester at the same site because police failed to fully read out the court's order. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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UBC research blames bigger floods on clear-cutting, calls for more selective logging
Logged areas near the Ram River Coal Corp. proposed Aries Mine Pit site west of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Supporters of open-pit coal mining say there's a chance new mines could be built in Alberta's Rockies after comments from the province's new premier. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken
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Our simplistic approach to forest management has added fuel to the fire
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
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Ottawa ‘disappointed’ by U.S. decision to maintain lumber duties
Cedar planks are stacked at a lumber yard in Montreal, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Resolute Forest Products Inc., a subsidiary of Domtar Corp. and a part of the Paper Excellence Group, has signed a deal to sell its pulp and paper mill in Thunder Bay, Ont., to an affiliate of U.S. company Atlas Holdings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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West Fraser’s share price is on a tear. Will its quarterly report confirm the bullish case?
Construction workers put up house wrap during a heat wave in Houston, Texas, July 14, 2023. Climate scientists are sounding alarm about the impact of human-caused global warming, and warning 2023 is on track to be the warmest since records began. Global surface temperatures have increased by about 2F (1.1C) since 1880, making extreme heat more frequent. Extreme heat is the deadliest weather hazard in the United States, according to official data, with the elderly, the very young, people with mental illness and chronic diseases at highest risk. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ontario woman planted more than 4,500 trees in a day in Saskatchewan and found a TikTok audience of millions
Ontario resident Leslie Dart is seen in a July 15, 2022, handout image. Dart, who spent the last three summers planting trees across the country, is among the thousands of tree planters, many of them college students, who work mostly for logging companies on reforestation projects each summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Leslie Dart **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Lumber prices rally as market spooked by supply concerns
HOMER GLEN, ILLINOIS - JUNE 21: Lumber is offered for sale at a home improvement store on June 21, 2023 in Homer Glen, Illinois. US housing starts climbed more than 20% last month which has helped lumber futures climb nearly 9% over the same period. According to the National Association of Home Builders, volatile prices of lumber products in recent years have caused the average price of a new single-family home to increase by more than $14,000. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Wildfire in Nova Scotia occurred amid some of driest recorded conditions scientist says
 In this aerial image, an aircraft, centre, flies near a wildfire burning near Barrington Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Communications Nova Scotia **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Wildfires across Canada force some forestry companies to pause operations
A wildfire raging west of Chibougamau, in Northern Quebec, is shown in a June 4, 2023, handout photo. Wildfires across Canada are forcing some forestry companies to pause operations, particularly in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-SOPFEU, Audrey Marcoux, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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A counterintuitive climate defence: Harvesting forests to combat emissions
David T. Price and Robin Collins
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B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island’s Fairy Creek
A woman walks past an old growth tree in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Nature group buys sensitive Vancouver Island habitat to ensure it remains undeveloped
Old Growth tress in forest along Little Qualicum River
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Canfor reports $142M Q1 loss compared with a profit a year ago
Softwood lumber is pictured in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday, April 25, 2017. British Columbia forestry company Canfor says it is "restructuring" its operations in the province, permanently closing one sawmill and shuttering another for an extended period amid plans to build a new wood manufacturing facility. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Inside the never-ending softwood lumber trade war between Canada and the U.S.
Note "IF09" are the letters IF, then "zero" and number 9 in the caption. Caption info for my photo, taken Nov. 3, 2022: At the Stine lumber store in the community of Lake Charles in Louisiana, the selection of boards on the shelves included those labelled “IF09″ — which identifies the product as originating from Interfor Corp.’s Arkansas sawmill. Brent Jang/The Globe and Mail Image by Brent Jang
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Lumber CEOs urge Ottawa to appoint softwood envoy in trade fight against U.S.
Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., on April 21, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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10 commodity-linked equities for diversified portfolios
For Number Cruncher column in Globe Investor/ROB only.
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Canadian lumber producers say time is ripe for softwood talks with Biden administration
A lumber yard near Vancouver, B.C., on July 6, 2022. Photo: Jennifer Gauthier
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Canadian lumber CEOs to press Ottawa to start softwood talks with U.S.
A lumber yard near Vancouver, B.C., on July 6, 2022. Photo: Jennifer Gauthier
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B.C. logging firm wants to avoid cutting old growth, but province said it must pay
Part of an old-growth deferral area is shown in one of Downie Timber's cut blocks north of Revelstoke, B.C. in this undated handout photo. The company wants to avoid logging sections of at-risk old growth but says it was told by the Crown corporation that manages B.C.'s public forests to cut the trees down or pay to leave them standing.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Eddie Petryshen *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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