BԪַ

Skip to content

Western Forest Products curtails Alberni Pacific sawmill BԪַindefinitelyBԪַ

Firm says it has been unable to achieve an outcome that would allow the site to keep operating
web1_221109-avn-apd-curtailed-apdsawmill_1
Alberni Pacific Division (APD) Sawmill, owned by Western Forest Products, is located on Port AlberniBԪַs waterfront. (AV NEWS FILE PHOTO)

Western Forest Products Inc. says itBԪַs indefinitely curtailing operations at its Alberni Pacific Division facility.

The Vancouver-based company says the facility has been temporarily curtailed since the fall of 2022.

In January 2023, Western Forest Products confirmed the mill would not restart BԪַin its current configuration.BԪַ

It started a working group to explore viable solutions for the site.

However, it says it was unable to achieve an outcome that would allow the site to keep operating.

The company says itBԪַs offering voluntary severance for the facilityBԪַs remaining 60 employees.

READ ALSO:





(or

BԪַ

) document.head.appendChild(flippScript); window.flippxp = window.flippxp || {run: []}; window.flippxp.run.push(function() { window.flippxp.registerSlot("#flipp-ux-slot-ssdaw212", "Black Press Media Standard", 1281409, [312035]); }); }