by Web Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | News
Starting Sept. 1, employers in the B.C. sawmill and wood product manufacturing sectors will have to undertake a combustible wood dust risk assessment, implement a dust management program and perform an audit of the program as soon as reasonable possible. The new...
by Web Editor | May 7, 2014 | News
Western Forest Products B.C. Sawmill Restarts Following Recent Shooting Western Forest Products sawmill workers in Nanaimo will return to the job site in a “soft start” following the shooting deaths of two workers. Michael Lunn, 62, and Fred McEachern, 53, were killed...
by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2013 | News
At West Fraser’s modern Quesnel sawmill, sophisticated computer technology has turned the legacy of the worst mountain pine beetle infestation in British Columbia’s history into commercially viable lumber, a feat that is keeping the forest industry...
by Web Editor | Jul 26, 2013 | News
Work Starts On New Sawmill At Site Of Deadly Prince George, B.C. Explosion Prince George Mayor Shari Green acknowledged that “there are broken hearts” in the breaking of the ground at Lakeland Mills. Dignitaries, mill employees and loved ones gathered to watch...
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...