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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread
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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (5899)2/23/2006 8:08:37 AM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) of 36917
 
Brilliant Diersky. You should come up and talk to the people of Big River about "local values" now that Weyerhauser is shutting the town down. You left wingers and your feel good values would be run out of town.

cbc.ca

Layoff notices in the community of Big River have some forest industry workers wondering if it's time to start looking for work.

Earlier this week, 260 employees with Big River Lumber were told their sawmill may shut down.

The sawmill is owned by Weyerhauser and produces softwood lumber. The plant also produces wood chips and other wood byproducts used by the Weyerhaeuser pulp mill in Prince Albert.

With the potential closure of the pulp mill in Prince Albert, Big River will lose the buyer for its wood chips.

Town council member and mill employee Jeff Watier says the layoffs could hit the town hard.

"We have some major initiatives happening right now," Watier told CBC News.

"We're planning on putting in a new water treatment plant which is a $1.5 million project. We just built a brand new community centre which needs to be paid for."

Watier says the layoffs could turn Big River into a ghost town.

A spokesperson for Weyerhauser says the layoff notices are a precautionary measure. If the pulp mill in Prince Albert is sold or another buyer for the wood chips can be found the Big River mill could stay open.

Meanwhile, more than 50 people at the Wapawekka sawmill just north of Prince Albert also received layoff notices. The Wapawekka mill is a joint venture between Weyerhaeuser and three First Nations.
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