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Union says B.C. mill closure leaves workers ‘reeling,’ as industry woes persist

The union representing most of the 300 employees who will lose their jobs with the impending closure of Canfor’s Northwood Pulp Mill near Prince George, B.C., says people are reeling from the latest blow to an already battered industry. Unifor’s western regional director Gavin McGarrigle said Wednesday that the loss of so many jobs in a community the size of Prince George, population 67,000, can have cascading social and economic impacts. “First of all, the pulp mills are fed by sawmills, so there’s jobs that will be lost in the sawmills … Then you have all of the contractors that…

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