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Canadian lumber shortage puts strain on building industry

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Record lumber prices adding thousands of dollars to new home building costs Arie Dunnink, the assistant general manager at Central Fairbank Lumber, said he has had to turn customers away since March because of the shortage.“We used to get a truck a day rolling,” he said.“We’re very fortunate to get a truck a month at this point.

In 30 years of doing this, I haven’t seen the prices where they are, I haven’t seen the supply issues where they are.”Liz Kovach, president of the Western Retail Lumber Association, told Global News there is a significant shortage of pressure-treated and other lumber products due to a “perfect storm” of issues.There is less forest to harvest due to the mountain pine beetle and fires, she said, which are partly.

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