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Roughly 350 people will be out of work as forestry company Domtar announces the permanent closure of its mill in Crofton, B.C.

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Mirroring what happened in Ontario years ago. Used to be that northeastern Ontario had a bunch of mills. Now there's only Kapuskasing left, and they're not really viable—by my understanding, they've been hanging on by their fingernails due to being mostly employee-owned and so not having to do more than break even, but they've now had to approach the government for a bailout, and their future seems doubtful. The next-to-last was Espanola, which closed down a couple of years ago now.

[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's still a few mills up the coast, but another one closes every couple years.

The owners are saying they dont have enough wood fibre to keep it going.