by Web Editor | Jun 27, 2014 | News
Babine Forest Products Ltd. is contesting a $1 million penalty imposed by WorkSafeBC for the January 2012 sawmill fire and explosion that killed two employees and injured 20 others. Babine Forest Products said it is appealing the fine because WorkSafeBC’s...
by Web Editor | Apr 1, 2013 | News
A sawmill in Prince George, British Columbia will be reconstructed on the same site after being destroyed by an explosion and fire that killed two people last year. “April 23, 2012 was the worst day in our company’s history, and it began a year of challenge and sorrow...
by Web Editor | Jun 1, 2012 | News
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an unwieldy blaze that tore through a lumber mill in southern British Columbia, the third mill fire the province has seen this year. Huge flames lit up the sky above Absolute Lumber Products mill in Abbotsford, B.C....