Lumber

Lumber, also known as timber, is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production. Lumber is mainly used for structural purposes but has many other uses as well. There are two main types of lumber. It may be supplied either rough-sawn, or surfaced on one or more of its faces. Besides pulpwood, rough lumber is the raw material for furniture-making and other items requiring additional cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, usually hardwoods; but it is also readily available in softwoods, such as white pine …

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FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 May 2024 English

Rose Drury and her partner, Lucy, have just learned that their son, Roger, is considered to be below average — at the third percentile rank in most areas, according to …

I don’t think I’ll ever forget that sight, the ambulance lumbering over the selvage.


DDN: Dundurn Press · 23 April 2024 English

At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country.One of the most bizarre …

coal mines. Other major sources of employment were lumber camps and pulp and paper mills of the Interior Japanese made up 25 percent of the workforce in lumber and shingle mills.6 While many of these immigrants the rough and dangerous jobs in coal mines or lumber camps were the only options available. So it was by several sawmills, including the Adams River Lumber Company, near the town of Chase. Inouye caught permanent residents and moved on to work at the lumber mills. Newly arrived Japanese workers were hired


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 12 April 2024 English

"The Honourable John Norquay is a magnificent book. Friesen meticulously documents Norquay's many accomplishments, larger-than-life character, and charisma. He paints a picture of a negotiator and orator who ably uses …

supplied the farm with wood for fuel, fencing, and lumber. The land transactions were entered in the company


FRHD: Freehand Books · 1 April 2024 English

From award-winning poet Catherine Owen, a collection of poems about one woman's journey from BC to a new life in Alberta, where she buys an old house and creates a …

not, at any rate, from fear. March 24th: Good Lumber. / Lace Curtains. Can you have one without the


UOP: University of Ottawa Press · 26 March 2024 English

Cette étude retrace l'histoire des membres de l'Église presbytérienne Mackay qui ont servi pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, de leurs familles restées au pays et de l'Église qui a réagi …

served New Edinburgh, a community with roots in the lumber industries at the Rideau Falls, where Rideau Hall taken from “W. C. Edwards & Co. Ltd. Saw Mills and Lumber Yards c. 1897” ........................ 19 Figure taken from “W. C. Edwards & Co. Ltd. Saw Mills and Lumber Yards .................... 20 Figure 1.6. New Street in 1914 ............. 104 Figure 7.2. “Lumber & In Yard of Sash and Door Factory.” From W. C C. Edwards & Co. Ltd. Saw Mills and Lumber Yards c. 1897 ..........................................


Fraser Institute · 22 March 2024 English

This essay quantifies the important role natural resources play in British Columbia’s economy. It looks at their impact on both Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment. In addition, it examines …

were declines of 54 percent in the manufacture of lumber and 22 percent for paper products. Table 1 GDP employment in the primary sector, while food and lumber processing account for over half of all resource-based


Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy · 20 March 2024 English

One of the long-term goals is to develop a set of resources that is Indigenous-led and available to Indigenous communities across the province and the country. [...] To this end, …

relationships with suppliers for sourcing materials such as lumber. By utilizing multiple suppliers and comparing


PHABC: Public Health Association of BC · 20 March 2024 English

• Mandarin • German • Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) • Korean • Spanish • Persian (Farsi) • Hindi • No, there are no language barriers • I don’t know, not sure …

grocers • Natural resource industry (e.g. oil, gas, lumber, mining, etc) • Other Businesses (not involved


LCO: Law Commission of Ontario · 14 March 2024 English

Commissioner is now an employee of the Auditor General and is expected to perform the duties assigned by the Auditor General.120 Furthermore, it is now the Downgrading the Environmental Auditor …

forests rather than only The LCO Recommends: for lumber and pulp, working to reduce waste rather than focusing


Fraser Institute · 14 March 2024 English

Governments are implementing measures to electrify transportation. In Canada, federal policy mandates that by 2035 all new passenger vehicles and light trucks sold have net zero emissions, ultimately leading to …

responsible for one of the world’s few softwood lumber trade models and led interdisciplinary studies


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