The yield on long-term 10Y US Treasury bonds remains close to multi-decade highs even after some relief in recent days. The 10Y yield eased to around 5.1% yesterday, but remains roughly 50 bps higher ...
Canada’s housing market is struggling, while US single-family housing starts fell to a one-year low. In related news: US building permits hit a 3½-year low; rising borrowing costs threaten further ...
The Alabama Forestry Commission says Hurricane Isaias damaged more than 2.5 million tons of timber valued at $33.5 million. That’s after preliminary aerial surveys of damage last week, focusing on the ...
More than 80 forestry workers gathered in the Port Alberni paper mill parking lot last Friday to raise awareness of forestry issues, and discuss the future of their industry. With Domtar dependent on ...
For the first time in months, the future is exciting for several former forestry workers from the South Cariboo. Over the ...
The New Democrats have been working in secret to limit the province’s obligation to pay compensation to forest companies for the loss of timber-cutting rights on some 400 parcels of land being ...
BC’s forest industry pushes back on proposal to limit compensation for tenure transfers to First Nations. In related news: Vaughn Palmer questions the secrecy of BC’s land transfers; Kim Haagstad says ...
BC Wood’s October 16 edition of Wood Connections highlights efforts to expand international markets and strengthen British Columbia’s value-added wood products sector. With U.S. tariffs underscoring ...
A reduction in punitive American duties on Canadian softwood lumber comes as little relief to B.C. producers as the underlying Canada-U.S. trade dispute continues to drag on, according to the B.C.
The latest US lumber duty review drew criticism from Canadian producers, praise from the US Lumber Coalition. In related news: a US importer challenged duties on reprocessed cedar; a US congressman ...
The BC NDP is defending proposed changes to forest tenure compensation amid revelations of its plan to transfer Crown lands to First Nations. In related news: David Elstone gives the NDP a ā€œDā€ on its ...
A Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) investigation (A22P0115) into a fatal 2022 floatplane accident in Strachan Bay, British Columbia (BC), highlights the risks associated with adverse wind ...