Canfor Corp. closing its sawmill and pellet operations in Chetwynd, and shuttering its sawmill in Houston. More than 400 union and non-unionized staff to be affected
is shutting two B.C. sawmills and plans to lay off more than 400 unionized workers as the company restructures to cope with dwindling timber supplies.
While there will be severance packages, the pending layoffs will hit younger workers especially hard, he said. Vancouver-based Canfor is studying the economic feasibility of building a new facility at the Houston site for value-added wood processing, with a redevelopment decision slated by mid-2023. Two weeks ago, Canfor announced that it will be shutting a pulp line at a mill in Prince George, B.C., by the end of March, affecting nearly 300 workers.
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