Wood Industry

• 2 lumber mills in B.C.’s Interior to resume operations

  The two Tolko lumber mills, located in Armstrong and near Williams Lake, B.C., underwent temporary curtailments earlier this year but will resume operations next week.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2023
  
• Canfor temporarily reducing production at solid wood facilities in B.C. and Alberta

  Canfor Corp. is temporarily reducing its Canadian production due to what it says are very weak market conditions.

  Economy

  Dec 6, 2022
  
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• B.C. labour minister now involved in island forestry strike talks, but Liberals say more needed

  B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains has asked the mediators tasked with finding an end to the six-month forestry strike on Vancouver Island to report to him.

  Dec 22, 2019
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• ‘It’s getting desperate’: Mayor calls on B.C. government to end island forestry strike

  Labour Minister Harry Bains has since met with both sides in the dispute, but is still expressing his hope that a deal can be reached through collective bargaining.

  Canada

  Dec 20, 2019
• ‘It’s overwhelming’: Families face cold Christmas as B.C. logging strike talks break down again

  Volunteers are working overtime to try and make sure it's not a cold and gloomy Christmas for the families of striking forestry workers on Vancouver Island.

  Dec 18, 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
• Tolko Industries announces lumber mill in Kelowna will be closed indefinitely

  Company says decision to curtail operations was based on continued high log costs and poor North American market conditions.

  Economy

  Sep 12, 2019
• Tolko announces sawmill closure in Quesnel, shift reduction at Kelowna

  The company cites high log costs, weak lumber markets and wildfire impacts in announcing sawmill layoffs.

  Economy

  May 10, 2019