Union OKs Four Year Pact With Canfor Sawmills
The United Steelworkers ratified a four year agreement with Canfor Corp covering about 2,500 sawmill workers in northern and southern British Columbia. The deal includes modest wage increases, seniority protection and profit sharing, with 1,500 to 1,700 on the job amid plant closures. It spans 15 Canfor divisions including mills in Chetwynd Fort St. John Houston and Quesnel, with some mills on indefinite shutdown.
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Windmill project named in Clean Power Call award
Chetwynd BC Hydro selected 19 projects for power purchase agreements totaling over 2,400 gigawatt hours annually, enough for about 218,000 homes in B C. Finavera Renewables has a 7MW wind project for Wildmare among the approved plans, with four other Finavera projects totaling 212MW in the Tumbler Ridge area. The company will finalize the Wildmare EA certificate after approval of the terms of reference by the Environmental Assessment Office.
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