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West Fraser Mill Shutdown

Posted February 26th, 2010

West Fraser’s Eurocan paper mill shut down providing a devastating blow to Canada’s timber industry. The Kitimat mill was the latest tragedy for an industry that has seen thousands of forest sector jobs in industries such as log harvesting, lumber mills, flooring, and other forest products industries.

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