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By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Red-hot inflation has Canadians opening their wallets wider at the grocery store and gas pump, but that's not stopp...

OTTAWA -- The cost of lumber has skyrocketed during the pandemic. Whether its building a backyard deck or fence, or framing interior walls for an addition or renovation, the cost will likely be double what it was last year. Initially, Roger Liddle planned for a huge 25-by-30-foot wooden deck in the backyard of his new home in Manotick Ont. Once the design was complete, Liddle priced it out. "The prices we looked at for the lumber last summer was quite reasonable," says Liddle. "If we had j...