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Canfor closing Canal Flats mill
Saw mill to be closed permanently November 9 C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Canfor will be closing the Canal Flats saw mill as of November 9, it was announced to employees Wednesday. “Our CEO and members of the senior management team were in Canal Flats today to announce the permanent closure of the facility,” said Corrine Stavness. “While we understand how difficult this will be for our employees and the community of Canal Flats, recent downturns in the CAROLYN GRANT PHOTO oil and gas and lumber markets that The back of BJ’s Restaurant just behind the yet-to-be completed Mark Creek flume rehab. The old con- the mill served combined with a lack
crete flume walls are still standing. The large pipe is the water bypass while work continues in the creek.
of economically available fibre for the mill have brought operating losses we can no longer sustain. “Moving to permanent closure means that the employees impacted by this announcement will be entitled to severance. We expect the last day of operations for the mill to be November 9, 2015. We will be establishing a transition office to help impacted employees, all of whom will be offered opportunities to transfer to other Canfor divisions.” It has come as quite a shock to everyone in the Village of Canal Flats, says Village CAO Brian Woodward. “I was phoned this morning by Steve Mackie, the Regional Manager,” Woodward told the Bulletin/Townsman on Wednesday afternoon. See MILL, page 5
Flume progress delayed slightly Cocaine, crack C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The upstream portion of the flume rehab project — that being from the Wallinger Avenue bridge and past B&B Glass — is proceeding on schedule, according to Don Schacher, Project Coordinator. However, downstream, past BJ’s Restaurant is experiencing some delays. City CAO Scott Sommerville says that part of the project is about five weeks behind schedule and could experience some cost overruns. The issue is the fact that BJ’s sits so very close to the creek. The building will be within one metre of the rock work when it’s com-
pleted, says Mayor Don McCormick. “The whole area around BJ’s continues to be a concern,” McCormick said. “The excavation is going to be so close to the foundation of the building, we have to get it right. “We knew it was going to be difficult. The solarium is off the back of the building. It’s within a metre of the top of the rocks. But at the end of it all, it will be spectacular. Everyone who lives along the flume has had a property upgrade.” Engineers are working on the problem, but it has caused a setback in the schedule. “As a result, that portion of the flume is behind by an estimated
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five weeks” McCormick said. “However, there should be an opportunity to make up time once we have the problem solved.” Regardless, the project will be finished this year, the Mayor says. “The contractor doesn’t want to have to come back in the spring, they have other obligations. It will be finished.” McCormick says it looks like cost overruns will be around two per cent, which would be a contingency expense. However, Council is being kept apprised of progress on a weekly basis. “Right now we are looking at a two per cent cost overrun. Given the complexity of the project, that’s within reason.”
and heroin seized CHRIS NE WEL For the Bulletin
On September 4th and again on Sept 8, police seized a quantity of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine and Heroin from a 24 year old male. Police had received information about a male believed to be from the lower mainland that was trafficking in a controlled substance in Cranbrook. Subsequent investigation found the subject had
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recently arrived in the area and had rented a condo in Kimberley. On September 4, police executed a traffic stop on highway 95A in Wycliffe. The driver was arrested and a search found the illicit drugs. Further information was obtained and officers were able to get a search warrant under the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act for the condo unit in Kimberley. On September 8 the warrant was exe-
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cuted and officers located additional evidence which linked the two incidents and to support charges of Trafficking. The subject appeared before a Judicial Justice of the Peace on Sept 5 and was remanded in custody unit his next appearance on Sept 9. The subject is expected to appear in court again today on additional charges given the new evidence.