Michael McLarney

Sexton Group has found a new partner to help it grow inside the Quebec market. The Winnipeg-based buying group has allied with Évolution Distribution, a regional distributor and buying group headed by Geneviève Gagnon.

Kent Building Supplies has added appliance showrooms in seven more of its stores throughout Atlantic Canada. The company first brought fridges and stoves into select stores in November 2023. The latest locations are in: Antigonish and New Minas, N.S.; Sussex, Bathurst, and Woodstock, N.B.; and Clarenville and Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L. Kent now sells heavy appliances […]

Canfor Corporation is reporting a Q3 operating loss of $559.7 million, compared with an operating loss of $250.8 million in the second quarter of 2024. “This was another extremely challenging quarter for our lumber business,” said Canfor president and chief executive officer, Don Kayne, adding that North American operations continued to face a persistently weak […]

Hardlines’ 28th Annual Conference concluded last week, held at the Fairmont Le Manor Richelieu in the Charlevoix region of Quebec. On day one, Pierre Battah, a workplace expert head and self-confessed “recovering head-hunter,” stepped up to the podium to kick off the conference. Battah talked about having purpose in leadership, balancing caring for employees and […]

Dave Kellam has joined AD as director, business development for the Building Supplies–Canada division. With over 16 years of industry experience, Kellam will contribute to member and supplier recruitment efforts, strategic partnerships, working to drive divisional results across the nation. Before joining AD, he held various sales and marketing roles at Elemex Architectural Facade Systems, Rockwool, Continental Gypsum, and Firestone Building Products.

BMR Group has announced that the BMR Express Esquimau, located in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, is under new management and will now operate under the name BMR Express de Marseille.

Seaboard Industrial Supply Co. Ltd. in Sydney, N.S., is the latest dealer to join TIMBER MART. It’s been serving communities on Cape Breton Island since 1958. Today, the business serves the contractors and commercial builders of the region.

The Home Depot Canada Foundation announced it’s on track to raise over $11 million by the end of 2024 in support of the organization’s mandate to aid youth experiencing homelessness. “Our efforts are focused on supporting this growing yet still underfunded issue that affects 35,000 to 40,000 youth in Canada annually,” said Doug Graham, board […]

TIMBER MART has appointed Carolanne Olivier to the position of national advertising manager, effective immediately. Formerly bilingual account manager at TIMBER MART’s advertising agency, Sims Advertising, she replaces existing account manager Geoff Fleming, who is retiring by the end of the year after 20 years at the national buying group.

TIMBER MART has appointed Carolanne Olivier to the position of national advertising manager, effective immediately. Formerly bilingual account manager at TIMBER MART’s advertising agency, Sims Advertising, she replaces existing account manager Geoff Fleming, who is retiring by the end of the year after two decades at the national buying group. In her new role, Olivier will report directly to Jon Irwin, the company’s vice-president of member services.