The Southern California wildfires started on Jan. 7, and as of a week later, more than 12,300 structures had been destroyed, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Devastating, often tragic as the Los Angeles wildfires have been, rebuilding could bring nightmares all its own, including murky insurance rules, material shortages and potentially higher cost for eve ...

Gold at $3,000 per ounce, the loonie at 70 cents, softwood lumber duties at 30 per cent, American tariffs at 25 per cent, new governments in Ottawa and Washington and a struggling Chinese economy: The ...

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Canadian softwood lumber producers already pay duties on lumber exports to the U.S. that average 14.4 per cent. An additional ...