Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry

By Laura Kane / The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER — High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia’s forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers say. Companies have announced shutdowns or curtailments in more than two dozen mills in the province, putting hundreds out of work and slashing economic growth predictions.…

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September 16, 2019

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