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VANCOUVER — Canfor Corporation says it is "restructuring" its operations in British Columbia, permanently closing one sawmill and shuttering another for an extended period amid plans to build a new wood manufacturing facility.

B.C. charges consumers $2.56 per gigajoule in carbon tax on their home heating bills.

About 200 jobs are expected to be lost as sawmill and pellet operations closed in Chetwynd; close to 300 more with temporary mill closure in Houston

Elections BC received a complaint on Sept. 6 about the Cowichan Works mailing and indicated the next day that Cowichan Works was required to register as a third party.

Senator Victor Oh awarded 24 people the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal to “recognize some of our community’s most-outstanding citizens, who have contributed so much to this great country, Canada.”

VICTORIA — A valley of giant trees, lakes and wetlands in southeastern British Columbia nearly 200 times the size of Vancouver’s Stanley Park is being preserved in an agreement with governments, Indigenous groups, a forest company and the Nature Cons

Of eight new mines or expansions in the queue, one is on Nisga'a Nation treaty land

Levy stems from February 2022 inspection near Kitimat

The forests contain substantial areas of mature and old-growth trees, with some ranging from 800 to 1,500 years old.

Secondary manufacturers to be limited to 10 per cent of B.C. Timber Supply.