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Canfor Pulp Mill curtailment to end next week with BC port strike

Update, July 13:

Canfor has announced its workers will return to the pulp mill next week (July 17) as the striking BC port workers reached a tentative agreement this morning.

While no details will be released until the agreement is voted on, the employer says the agreement recognizes the skills and efforts of BC’s waterfront workforce.

Operations at west coast ports are expected to resume as soon as possible. The approximately seven-thousand-four-hundred dock workers began their strike on July 1st.

Original Story, July 11:

The impact of the BC Port Strike is being felt in Prince George as Canfor will be temporarily curtailing the Northwood Pulp Mill.

The company said in a news release this is due to limited storage space for pulp products that cannot be transported overseas as a result of the ongoing labour dispute.

The downtime is expected to remain in place for the duration of the dispute and will remove approximately 11,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp per week.

The curtailment will go into effect on Thursday.

-With files from Will Peters, My PG Now staff, and Vista Radio National News Wire

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Darin Bain
Darin Bain
Darin is a news reporter for Vista Radio's Prince George stations. His career started in the Cariboo in 2020, working as a News Reporter in both 100 Mile House and Williams Lake before making the move to Prince George in late 2021.

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