Employees at two Tolko Industries Ltd sawmills in Williams Lake were informed last week about temporary layoffs.
The Lakeview sawmill will stop production after Friday December 13 resuming operations on Monday January 6 with the planermill running as usual during this time.
Soda Creek sawmill stop production after Friday December 20 resuming on Monday January 20 with the planermill operating as required during that time.
Communications Advisor for Tolko Chris Downey said this temporary downtime is due to high fibre costs, poor weather conditions during the harvesting season, and the weak North American lumber and plywood markets.
“These decisions are not made without a lot of consideration,” Downy said, “we have an extremely committed workforce whose families and communities rely on Tolko for stable jobs, and we recognize the impact this has on many employees. The BC policy and regulatory burden causing high costs and limiting access to available economic fibre for our BC manufacturing facilities continues to impact our BC footprint.”
Tolko will continue to operate their shipping departments as required to meet their customers needs.
– with files from Pat Matthews, My Cariboo Now staff
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