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High Lumber Prices Boosting Maine’s Forest Industry

Prices for wood to build and renovate houses have as much as doubled over the past six months, increasing costs for consumers but boosting Maine’s softwood sales and signaling a turnaround in that segment of the forestry market, industry experts say. A number of...

B.C. Forest Firms Brace For U.S. Lumber Battle

If it’s true that business hates uncertainty, then the B.C. forest industry is in for some ill feeling in 2017. Finding opportunity in the face of that uncertainty is the challenge for the coming year. The biggest challenge comes from the United States, which has...

Canada, EU Sign Historic Trade Agreement During Summit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, together with Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) during Sunday’s European Union-Canada...