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B.C. wood high-rise is the talk of Asia
#BCForestFuture series: Structurlam of Penticton has builders and engineers asking questions in Japan and China
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China moves to stop illegal logging trade
Beijing shifts toward sustainable lumber certification
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B.C. looks to China as U.S. lumber lobby retaliates
Chinese government's pollution targets may give edge to wood construction over steel or concrete
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Budget surplus hits $2.24 billion, but B.C. braces for schools settlement
Finance minister Mike de Jong won't say how much of a hit is expected from teachers' court win
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B.C. log home maker has deep roots in Japan
Reconstruction continues in fishing village wiped off map by tsunami's wall of water
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B.C. tall trees help restore Japan's tall ship
Timber from Port Alberni helped Japanese museum replace historic ship masts destroyed in tsunami
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B.C. braces for new U.S. lumber trade action
Notice of American litigation follows expiry of last Canada-U.S. softwood lumber agreement in October
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Log scanning pioneered to find flaws in timber
Skeena Sawmills wants to be B.C.'s first mill to use CT scanning technology to produce high-grade wood from lower-grade stands
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Longer trucks save forest companies money, fuel
BC FOREST FUTURE: Nine-axle log trucks reduce costs, carbon emissions on longer hauls needed in areas affected by mountain pine beetle
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Trump election casts shadow on softwood lumber trade
Donald Trump's crusade against NAFTA could embolden the U.S. Lumber Coalition to renew its battle against B.C. lumber exports
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