The unconfirmed letter said the company will be eliminating “44 positions within Woodlands, Operations, and the Vernon office.”

Kelowna-West MLA Ben Stewart says the province needs to "find solutions that are going to help forestry families and workers.”

The Kelowna mill is the latest facility to shut down indefinitely in the wake of a major downturn in the forestry industry.

The company's website stating it is cutting lumber production at its mills in Armstrong and Williams lake by 20 per cent.

Four mills have closed across B.C. so far in 2019, sparking rallies and meetings from Kelowna to Mackenzie.

Tolko Industries announced on Thursday that its lumber mill in Kelowna will be shutting down indefinitely. The mill has been a fixture in the city for decades.

Rachelle Dumoulin admits her second layoff in 12 years from a northern B.C. sawmill has soured her on the boom-and-bust industry.

Three wood products operations in Mackenzie closed indefinitely or cut hours this summer, blaming high log costs and adverse market conditions.

Challenging industry conditions were cited as the reason for the downtime.