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The Daily News Sports Staff VANCOUVER — R.A. Long shut out Hudson’s Bay 12-0, in five innings Wednesday behind a 3-for-3 day from Maddie Taylor to remain undefeated on the season. Taylor drove in four runs and played sensational defense in left field to help the Lumberjills to the win. Malia Byrnes, Ava Rodman and

The U.S. housing market is in the Fed’s crosshairs as it seeks to cool the economy. With that in mind, we visit Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. DBM-T with exposure to the U.S. forest-products market. Second-quarter earnings per share was 24 cents versus 64 cents a year earlier. The company attributed the setback to higher

To reduce lumber waste, you have to go well beyond mere scraps. While a dumpster full of “scrap” lumber is the most visible example of waste, its impact is far greater if you consider the money spent on excess lumber ultimately not needed for construction—especially given the volatility of materials costs today. Excess wood is

This fall, Nelson residents may see smoke coming from the forest in the Selous Creek area above the city. The smoke will be from a prescribed burn, according to a news release from the Regional District of Central Kootenay. The fire will be overseen by the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) and is part of a

Article 0 Comments The difficult job of rebuilding communities pummeled by Hurricane Ian is expected to be made even worse by a problem that’s lingered since the early days of the pandemic: snarled supply chains. Ian tore a path of destruction across Florida, leaving more than 2 million homes and businesses without power, after landing

Building Materials Supplier Spreads Early Holiday Spirit by Gifting 40,000 Meals to Local Asheville Charity EIGHTY FOUR, Pa., Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — 84 Lumber, the nation’s largest privately held building materials supplier, has donated $10,000 to the Asheville based MANNA FoodBank to shine a spotlight on Hunger Awareness Month. As the presenting sponsor of

istock.com/YinYang The combination of strong sales and a lean staff has you worried about people burning out, but you hesitate to hire when recession talk dominates the news. What would you do? It was a busy summer at Working Hard Building Supply, and it’s shaping up to be another record sales year. The reset store

ABC Supply BELOIT, Wis. — ABC Supply has opened a new location in Gibbon, Nebraska. Kalvin Lonowski will manage the branch. Lonowski joined ABC Supply at the Lincoln, Nebraska, location, where he worked as a driver, backup delivery services manager, inside sales associate and outside sales representative. This October, Lonowski will also complete the company’s

Experts expect U.S. housing market to shift in favor of buyers by the end of 2023. SEATTLE — Sky-high mortgage costs are driving down competition among home shoppers, and a market firmly in favor of buyers is expected before the end of next year, according to a majority of economists and housing experts surveyed by

Cesar Gonzalez, 84 Lumber Lumber Ft Launderdale general manager. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — Cesar Gonzalez, a California native whose parents immigrated from Guatemala, never dreamed that he would one day manage an 84 Lumber store, let alone serve as a role model for countless young Hispanic men and women in his community. Yet today, Gonzalez

The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear an appeal of the BC Appeal Court injunction in Tree Farm License 46 on Southern Vancouver Island. Radical protest organizations have harassed and violently assaulted our employees and contractors working in the area since August 2020. The injunction is a critical tool for law enforcement to

The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) recently welcomed two new members to its team: a director of education and manager of communications. Reed Kelterborn joined as the newly appointed director, education. In this role, Kelterborn will define and advance the strategic direction of the Wood Institute, the SLB’s online education portal, and manage and grow the

ABB is investing US $13 million in its Installation Products Division Iberville manufacturing facility in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., to increase production capacity and establish a research and development facility at its global centre of excellence for cable tray manufacturing. This will support rising global demand, especially in the data centre segment, and is ABB’s second multimillion-dollar

VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 30, 2022 /CNW/ – US housing starts and US new home sales for August 2022 sharply reversed the downward trend seen in the past few months since mortgage and interest rate increases hit the housing market. While it is true that a slow-down is apparent in both construction and home buying activity,