Three North Central B.C. sawmills scaling back production

By Colin Dacre – Castanet

Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. announced Thursday it is reducing production at its mills in Prince George, Vanderhoof and Fort St. James by 40 per cent effective Monday, Oct. 27.

That means 350 workers across the three plants will see their hours reduced.

“The significance of this action should not be underestimated,” said the company in a news release. “These production curtailments are equivalent to the closure of one full mill.”

The company blamed the closures on an “unsustainable provincial policy landscape and persistent uncertainty around fibre supply” and “deepening economic challenges.”