Forest Minister Doug Donaldson is keeping his fingers crossed in hopes we’ve reached the end of permanent mill closures in the province. Last week Canfor […]
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Canfor announced today it will be permanently closing its Isle Pierre sawmill west of Prince George. The closure will take effect in the third quarter […]
It’s shaping up to be a tough year for Canfor. For the first quarter of 2020, the company reported an operating loss of $88.8 million, […]
Canfor is extending previously announced springtime shutdowns at its British Columbia sawmills. “Canfor is experiencing a significant decrease in customer demand due to the global […]
Canfor is scaling back production in both its pulp and sawmill divisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic uncertainty. “Our top priority […]
Canfor Corporation announced today that all of its sawmills, except one, will be shut down for two weeks over Christmas. All sawmills, with the exception […]
Canfor will soon be a private company. The company has entered into an arrangement agreement with Great Pacific Capital Corp., owned by Jimmy Pattison. The […]
Canfor has announced its Houston, Polar, Prince George and Fort St. John sawmills will be shut down for one week, starting September 3. In addition, […]
Canfor announced Thursday it will be indefinitely closing its sawmill in Mackenzie and permanently cutting one shift at its Isle Pierre sawmill. The Mackenzie closure […]
Canfor Pulp will be implementing phased summer shut downs at its Intercontinental and Northwood NBSK pulp mills in Prince George during July and August. The company […]
Canfor Pulp Products will be closing its BCTMP pulp mill in Taylor for five weeks this summer. The company announced today that it will close […]
Canfor Corporation announced Monday it will be temporarily shut down operations at all its British Columbia sawmills, except WynnWood. The majority of mills will be […]
Canfor is permanently closing its Vavenby sawmill north of Kamloops this July, putting 178 employees out of work. Canfor has reached an agreement to sell […]
Canfor announced today it will be temporarily curtailing operations at all British Columbia dimension mills effective April 29. The company says the shut downs are […]
Canfor announced today it will be temporarily curtailing operations at three British Columbia mills “due to log supply constraints, log costs and current market conditions.” […]
Canfor announced today it will be curtailing sawmill operations in British Columbia during the fourth quarter due to log supply constraints, log costs and current […]
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) presented its Rising Star Award of Excellence to Matthew Buxton of Prince George, today in Ottawa. The Rising Star Award […]
Pattern bargaining for western Canada’s pulp and paper sector has concluded with a four-year tentative agreement signed by Unifor, the Public and Private Workers of […]
Ottawa has approved Canfor Pulp has been approved for up to $13.2 million dollars of funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), which supports the development […]
Effective immediately, the allowable annual cut for Canfor’s Tree Farm Licence 48 near Chetwynd will be set at 1,550,000 cubic metres for five years, and […]