Twice laid off due to sawmill closings, B.C. worker ready for a new career

Softwood lumber is pictured at Tolko Industries in Heffley Creek, B.C., Sunday, April, 1, 2018. Tolko Industries Ltd. said it's permanently closing its Quest Wood sawmill in Quesnel in August and reducing the shifts by half at its Kelowna mill in July. Rachelle Dumoulin admits her second layoff in 12 years from a northern B.C. sawmill has soured her on the boom-and-bust industry.

In July, owner Canfor Corp. announced the mill where she worked as a weigh-scale operator would close again. Because it's an "indefinite curtailment," Dumoulin said, there was no severance paid. Marty Gibbons, president of the United Steelworkers union local in Kamloops, B.C., estimates more than 400 of his members have lost jobs thanks to the closures of sawmills in Clearwater and Clinton, B.C.

"It takes 80 years to grow a tree. So, looking out 50-60 years, it looks pretty good," said Russ Taylor, managing director of FEA Canada. Closures through the end of the year are expected to cumulatively remove about two billion board feet per year of capacity, from recent annual output of between 10 billion and 11 billion board feet, he said.

'. . . second layoff in 12 years . . .' Sending thoughts and prayers.

Renewables?

I hauled logs in Alberta stopping in 2017. At that time, the loads were worth money. Sad to hear things have gone South.

There must be alternative careers available other than being a clear cutter.

Imagine if you will if we only had an agreement with the US where we could have protected softwood

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