Recovery triggers lumber demand, leading Hardwood Review's forecasts of hard and soft maple and poplar pricing to the top of the wood industry news this week.

PRINCE GEORGE, BC - A huge explosion and fire at the Lakeland Mills sawmill Monday night claimed the lives of two workers and injured 22 more.

RICHMOND, BC - WorkSafeBC investigators assigned to the Jan. 26 explosion that killed two workers and injured many others at Babine Forest Products of Burns Lake, BC, vacated the premises last week after completing phase one of their ongoing probe.