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WMS News

Slideshow: Kastella crafts woodwork inside and out for lakeside home

MONTREAL – Kastela, a manufacturer of custom millwork, collaborated for the first time with architectural firm Atelier Pierre Thibault on the woodwork and furnishings gracing a new home built on Lake Brome in the Southern Eastern Townships.

By Rich Christianson

Silk & Snow launches sustainable furniture line

Silk & Snow has launched a new wooden collection for the bedroom. A set of 100% Acacia wood bedroom furniture features tool-less assembly and ships in a box to the customer.

By Larry Adams

Eco-friendly timber office building towers in BC

Structurlam supplies mass timber office building in Langford, BC The structure includes the first buckling-restrained braces within a timber frame.

By Larry Adams

Rising lumber prices add more than $18,600 to new home prices

Following a few months of moderating prices last spring and summer, lumber prices are soaring once again, disrupting the housing market and harming housing affordability.

By Larry Adams

Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo canceled

Scheduled for February 24-26, WMS has been canceled due to the just-announced provincial lockdown resulting from governmental concerns about the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

By Harry Urban

WSIB Health and Safety Excellence Program

WMS Live: How to get financially rewarded for keeping your woodworkers safe

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – The premise behind the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s Health & Safety Excellence Program is simple: reward companies for their due diligence and pro-active efforts to safeguard their employees.

By Rich Christianson

Ashley’s Hope to Dream program brings beds to children in need

Nearly 16,000 children in need will have new, warm and comfortable beds to sleep in this year because of the Ashley’s Hope to Dream program.

By Larry Adams

Rise in Canadian multi-family starts offsets dip in single-family sector

OTTAWA, Ontario – Housing starts in Canada inched up 1 percent to 267,365 units in November compared to 264,583 in October, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

By Rich Christianson

Meva Wood preparing to show for the first time at WMS

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario -- Meva Wood EVA, a Turkish manufacturer of PET, PVC, and acrylic panels, will make its debut at the 2022 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo (WMS).

By Rich Christianson

WMS preview videos: Planit Canada software solutions

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – Planit Canada will present its comprehensive line of design and manufacturing software solutions for the woodworking industry at the 2022 Woodworking Machinery & Supply Conference & Expo (WMS).

By Rich Christianson