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Recent strength follows surprisingly robust U.S. homebuilding activity, which has a big influence on lumber pricing and B.C. forestry stocks
Unifor says it wants a meeting with the U.S.-based purchaser of the Resolute pulp and paper mill
Unifor is concerned about the mill's wood supply, being 'carved away' when it it is sold to another operator
There are plans to make a new kind of wood product at a mothballed plant in northern Ontario. A mill near Wawa is set to be converted to manufacturing wooden siding. It's a sign that the northern forest industry is diversifying away from the ups and downs of the lumber market.
Ken Fairweather, 86, from Aberdeenshire, has received a volunteer driver of the year award for driving the elderly to hospital appointments.