Mill. Closure

• As mills shutter, B.C. mayor says more support needed for boom-and-bust communities

  The mayor of Houston, B.C., says more long-term support is needed for resource communities who face boom-and-bust cycles like the recent Canfor mill shutdowns.

  Economy

  Jan 27, 2023
  
• B.C. government creating new $90 million fund to support forestry sector

  Premier David Eby unveiled the new fund at an announcement in Prince George, where the community is reeling from major sector layoffs.

  Economy

  Jan 17, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• Storage tank at vacant Port Alice, B.C. pulp mill collapses, prompting spill hazard fears

  Photos of the crumpled roof of the tank at the Neucel pulp mill were posted to social media Thursday.

  Feb 1, 2020
• Advertisement
• Economic fallout of Northern Pulp closure will cut deep in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County

  The looming closure of the Northern Pulp paper mill in Pictou County has already impacted the region but deeper cuts will be felt after the mill shuts down.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
• $875K going to B.C. interior communities hurt by mill closures

  The Community Support Grants Program is to support B.C. mill workers affected by permanent or indefinite mill closures

  Dec 23, 2019
• B.C. lumber crisis: MLA calling for ‘political innuendo to be put aside’

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

  Economy

  Nov 9, 2019
• Indefinite shutdown at Kelowna lumber mill to become permanent: Tolko Industries

  Tolko said the decision came after a thorough examination of all contributing factors. including log costs, market conditions and cumulative policy burden.

  Economy

  Nov 8, 2019
• Protest convoy of up to 200 logging trucks rolls into downtown Vancouver

  Forestry workers are hoping to pressure the government amid a mounting crisis in the forestry sector.

  Sep 25, 2019
• Advertisement
• ‘Very sad news’: Kelowna mill closure puts 127 employees out of work

  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.

  Economy

  Sep 13, 2019