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The new category will allow around 30 to 40 custom cutters and processors in the province to access a dedicated share of BC Timber Sales timber supply previously reserved for other value-added manufacturers.

Index gains $24 from one month ago with 5% increase since early June.

Additional funding will support production ramp-up at the Huntsville facility, which is scheduled to begin manufacturing this summer and create demand for 100,000 m3 of underutilized wood.

The projects include boreal forest regeneration, caribou habitat restoration, provincial park reforestation and Indigenous-led planting.

Provincial funding will add automated equipment and 20,000 square feet of space, lifting production by nearly 70%.

The facility will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary and add 120 employees to Canfor’s operations.

The new allowable annual cut remains above recent harvest levels in the Skeena region timber supply area.

Index increases $17 from one month ago with 3% gain since May 2026.

Index up $12 over month with futures-based species composition weighted by North American production volumes.

Total investment reaches $29 million with 3 million case capacity, production starting in Q4 2026.

Benchmark index increases by $3 from both previous week and one month ago.

Both non-residential and residential sectors contributed to the monthly decline, with institutional and multi-family components posting the largest losses.

The $5.3 million project will add a 30,000-square-foot building, install a thermal-treating kiln and a double-bladed bandsaw, and is expected to boost log purchases and product output.

The deal adds a plant with 46 million linear feet capacity and 120 employees.

Exports of softwood lumber from Canada to the U.S. declined only 0.4%.

Western species mix shows no weekly change while sitting $1 below June 2025 levels.

The plan sets four pillars — secure competitive wood fibre, invest in modernization and innovation, expand domestic and international markets, and support workers and communities, and will feed into a formal Forest Sector Strategy by the end of 2026.

Funding will support low-carbon wood technologies, mass timber housing, Indigenous participation and export diversification while ministers review Task Force recommendations

The firm will design wooden structures, while Hill International will consolidate project management.

Compared with the previous month, production was up 13%.

Combined with more than $200 million in federal support, the funding backs large-scale wildfire recovery, habitat projects and planting 53.8 million trees on public lands by 2027

Index remains unchanged from previous week and falls just $1 from one month ago.

China's construction crisis and higher logistics costs have cut shipments, while Russia's downgraded economic outlook limits domestic absorption of growing supply.

The first compact store opened in Limoges at 3,000 m² and a second will open in Le Mans; the format offers more than a quarter of the IKEA range for immediate pick-up and will be located mainly in retail parks.

Survey and industry data show firms improve efficiency, but sector productivity diverges from sawmills as technical change remains weak and variable.

The U.S. posts the steepest decline among the largest softwood lumber import markets, followed by Germany and China, while supplier volumes fall most for Canada, Russia, and Austria.

Weekly and monthly decline totals $1, as the index remains virtually unchanged from both periods.

Canadian import taxes reach about 45% for many producers supplying U.S. builders.

The province will modernize the Forest Resources Inventory Information Management System and store more than 3,700 terabytes of lidar data on a secure cloud platform.

Weaker housing-related conditions in Ontario and British Columbia and more severe winter weather disrupted shipments and cut quarterly deliveries.

Benchmark measure shows no change from previous week and a $2 decline from one month ago.

The closures will leave Vida operating 13 sawmills across central and southern Sweden.

Lumber prices rose from late-2025 lows, but duty deposits and reduced operating days continued to pressure liquidity and volumes.

Two biggest single-project awards fund curved glulam output and wood-fibre foam capacity.

Higher lumber prices lifted results, but logistics constraints cut shipments and increased inventories.

The province’s Forest Biomass Program funding will support log-processing upgrades, added storage, and a thermal energy system at the North Woods oriented strand board plant.

New Trois-Rivières facility secures $35 million from federal government and $40 million from Investissement Québec.

Weekly decline of $2 follows flat movement from both prior week and month-ago levels.

Deal adds TAD parent roll production and specialty paper grades to Marcal's platform without disclosed terms.

Lumber pricing rises on tighter supply, but weak demand, duties, and disruptions cut shipments and keep both lumber and pulp operations under pressure.

Lumber sales realizations rise 13% from fourth-quarter averages and oriented strand board realizations rise 8%.

Index drops 5% month-over-month from $552.

The reviews cover Canadian softwood lumber and uncoated paper from Brazil and Portugal, and list the companies subject to review.

The pause will cut supply by about 25 million board feet as log inventories, fibre availability, and seasonal breakup affect the BC Interior.

The company points to weaker housing affordability in Ontario and British Columbia and expects its Clinton, Ontario automation site to start operating in July 2026.

Installation marks a step forward in scanning precision and log recovery optimization

Mortgage rates above 6% and tariff uncertainty shape 2026 operating plans and input-cost expectations.

The plan targets mill operations, regulatory changes, and new markets for Ontario wood products.

Benchmark rises 1% month-over-month from US$518 as weighted species composite remains flat weekly.

Nairn Centre will run briefly to process log inventory, with the sawmill expected to operate into early to mid-June and the planer into late June.

The company plants more than 100 million seedlings a year and says skidder tests put it on a path to full autonomy.

New sawmill under construction in Canada will raise log intake to 500,000 tonnes as North Island acquisition adds Ōtorohanga Timber Company operations.

Index rises 2% over the past month from $513, with no change from the previous week.

Deal transfers 114 km of timber access road operations to Canadian Resource Roadways as ANC retains 10% and redeploys capital to mill upgrades.

Lower consumer confidence and spending reduce packaging volumes, while transportation and fuel surcharge volatility increase operating costs.

February sales declined 0.8%.

Weekly gain of $1 extends 4% monthly increase from $501 four weeks ago.

Facility to operate as Vancoast Sawmill division, supporting local jobs and cedar product supply for global markets.

Residential permits reached $8.1 billion on gains in multi-unit projects, while total building permits fell 8.4% after a sharp drop in non-residential approvals.