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U.S. lumber industry alleges Canadian softwood producers receiving climate subsidies
A lumber yard near Vancouver, B.C., on July 6, 2022. Photo: Jennifer Gauthier
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Oakville home rebuild ended up being stretched by pandemic
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Why lumber price trends are so hard to nail down
In this June 24, 2021 photo, lumber is piled at a housing construction site in Middleton, Mass. Rising costs and shortages of building materials and labor are rippling across the homebuilding industry, which accounted for nearly 12% of all U.S. home sales in July. Construction delays are common, prompting many builders to pump the brakes on the number of new homes they put up for sale. As building a new home gets more expensive, some of those costs are passed along to buyers. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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Harder, faster, better, stronger: Mass timber is trending up
soccer
Toronto FC looks to put an end to Portland Timbers’ 10-game unbeaten streak
Columbus Crew SC Mohammed Saeid gets tangled up with Toronto FC Mo Babouli second half MLS soccer action in Toronto Saturday May 21, 2016. York United FC of the Canadian Premier League has signed former Toronto and Forge FC forward Babouli through the end of 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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West Fraser cuts production, mill shifts in B.C. for loss of 147 jobs
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is cutting a shift a three B.C. mills as it reduces production because of lack of timber supplies. Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
canada
Canada siding with U.S. in burgeoning CUSMA fight with Mexico over energy policies
Minister of Economic Development, Minister of International Trade and Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng, right, looks on as United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks during a joint news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Two U.S. lawmakers are urging the Biden administration’s trade ambassador to make a deal with Canada on softwood lumber. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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West Fraser Timber shares roiled after takeover speculation
West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, British Columbia, February 24, 2020. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
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U.S. removing tariffs on Canadian solar panels, as USMCA trade reps meet in Vancouver
Solar panels at the construction site of the Canada’s biggest solar farm Travers Solar, near Vulcan, Alberta, November 9, 2021. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Resolute Forest Products acquired by Paper Excellence in $2.7-billion deal
Cedar planks are stacked at a lumber yard in Montreal, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. The Paper Excellence Group has signed a deal to buy Resolute Forest Products Inc. in an agreement that values the company at US$2.7 billion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
opinion
Tree crimes and misdemeanours: How B.C.’s forests have become flashpoints for poachers and protesters alike
Lyndsie Bourgon
canada
Yellen says Biden not considering Canadian lumber for tariff relief
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on President Biden's proposed 2023 U.S. budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst//File Photo
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Lumber prices are falling, but don’t expect prepandemic level markdowns for your next DIY project
Kerrisdale Lumber supervisor Sharleen May at one of their storage yards in Vancouver British Columbia, June 6, 2022. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
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Lumber prices drop as interest in do-it-yourself renovations cools off
Doug Howson loads lumber onto a forklift at Haney Builders Supplies, in Maple Ridge, B.C., on June 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Mass timber flatiron building takes shape in Leaside
opinion
B.C.’s biggest forestry companies target U.S. lumber barons
Andrew Willis
inside the market
A reason to look again at forestry stocks
Workers inspect lumber at West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
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U.S. to reduce levies on most Canadian softwood producers
FILE PHOTO: Softwood lumber is stacked at Groupe Crete, a sawmill in Chertsey, Quebec, Canada, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
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Liberals kick-start trade pact challenge to U.S. duties on softwood lumber
Softwood lumber is pictured in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday, April 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Surge in lumber prices sparked by B.C. flooding likely to fuel more M&A transactions
FILE PHOTO: Finished lumber is seen at West Fraser Pacific Inland Resources sawmill in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter/File Photo