Even with federal funding, does the BC government want forestry to survive?

Canfor’s permanent closure of its Northwood pulp mill makes it the 22nd B.C. mill to go dark since 2023, even as Ottawa steps in with $400 million and a task force report pointing squarely at the province. Does the B.C. government actually want a forestry sector to survive?

The forest crisis British Columbia built for itself

A federal task force calls the damage to Canada’s forest sector “homegrown.” This week’s permanent closure of a Prince George pulp mill shows exactly what that word means — and why the reckoning belongs in Victoria.

Forestry still shapes B.C.

New economic report shows the sector’s reach extends deep into urban life, even as downturn pressures rural communities.