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With less rail service moving local product out of the area, Whitecourt has joined a Community Rail Advocacy Alliance (CRAA) to call for improved rail access.
As lumber prices remain at record high, New Brunswick still hasn't raised royalty rates on Crown timber, even as other provinces, including Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, raise rates to shore up extra income.
Posted: May 25, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 25
Heavy machinery is used to unload logs from a truck at Spray Lake Sawmills in Cochrane, Alta. The company says it hasn t increased production in light of rising prices because it doesn t want to affect its annual harvest allocations. (Bryan Labby/CBC)
Visiting Spray Lake Sawmills in Cochrane, Alta., you d expect to see a chaotic scene with workers scrambling to churn out more and more two-by-fours and fence posts to take advantage of unprecedented lumber prices. But it s pretty much business as usual. It s steady as she goes, said Ed Kulcsar, the manager of the company s woodlands division, which oversees tree harvesting.