Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
20Thanks GODDAMED LIBERALS!!!Totally destroying whole country
26- Ed_S
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
31Upper Fraser, Rustads, Clear Lake, Polar, Mackenzie, Isle Pierre, Plateau, Northwood ... Canfor has been a disaster for the area ..
1- TC99
Amigos Tacos closing after 42 years
17new welfare office just opened across the street and a abused women shelter is also going next door. Anyone in that area is doomed
14- PGborn
Amigos Tacos closing after 42 years
23Great place. You and your staff will be missed. Thank you for the great food and excellent service over the years.
1- Jennifer Lussier
BCNU reports nurse intimidation as picket lines begin forming
11Instead of going along with the government mandate of 3% a year increase that the other public sector unions have agreed to, the BCNU and its nurses have opted to be selfish and greedy.If they do indeed manage to negotiate more than the other unions, then by virtue of the " me too " clause, the government will have to pay all of the other unions the same increase on top of the 3% already agreed too.That will apply to all 456,000 public union members in B.C. who represent roughly 10% of B.C.'s population.That's a lot of parasites gorging on the carcass of public tax dollars.With all public unions it's only ever about the money and nothing else so please spare the public your whining that you'd rather be at work than on the picket line.No you wouldn't. Hopefully, the BCNU's job action in their greedy quest will not harm the lives of patients.
11- BGeez
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
20As I predicted in comment two years ago when Canfor closed its PG Pulpmill.Not a surprise.Intercon Pulp will close by 2030.RIP Northwood ( 1966 - 2026 ).
1- BGeez
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
18You can always gauge what southern B.C. thinks about P.G. by how the nightly Global BC newscast treats a significant story like this.There was no mention of it tonight on its newscast. How shameful.And yet when the Chilliwack Com-Tran plant, employing 45, announced its closure last week Global BC was all over it.It's time for Global BC to more accurately rebrand itself as Global SouthBC.Global BC does not represent all of B.C..
3- BGeez
Amigos Tacos closing after 42 years
18Another great local business gone and the govt focusing on the tent encampment trash etc all these businesses are affected and the tax paying citizens. Look at CrossRoads and Birch Boar there’s many loss of local businesses due to the actual issue in society.
2- John Johnson2022
RCMP save three after boat capsizes on Stuart Lake
13Maybe there is the odd exception someone can tell me, but on small vessels it should be mandatory for everyone to wear a life jacket or personal flotation device. Of course, if such a law was instituted, there would be a hue & cry from the uptight right with the tired old complaint of too much government regulation. Recall the whining when seatbelt law was introduced. The sky did not fall.
6- Mr Science
Pipelines and submarines: What's in it for Prince George?
14PG would benefit a lot more if tankers were allowed to access Prince Rupert (incidentally a much less congested and safer port to access than going through the Burrard Inlet, in a busy harbour, with multiple bridges).
5- J Jonah Jameson
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
19What a blow!
- Eyeinthesky44
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
19The pulpmill closing will hit the city tax base hard. City council stop the clock on a new arena downtown and a PAC. Taxes are high enough and the homeowners can not afford this continual 6 or 7% tax increase which will likely be substantially higher with the loss of a major industry.
- rod angove
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
10Elbows up Canada??? Oh the prosperity of it all...
9- Princegeorgegirl
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
10They have to make money to stay running, thanks to those voters who voted for Carney and his liberals(please explain what has he done to turn the economy around since he made all those campaign promises ? Didn't he just pay for a bridge and give half the tolls to the US?) And now the provincial NDP, there is more than enough fiber in the forest but the NDP are slow moving and wont allow companies to access it. Just sit back and watch BC get worse, we havent hit rock bottom yet. To all those who voted this way and are feeling it , you aren't allowed to complain about how much everything costs. You made your bed, lay in it. Everyone warned what the NDP would do.
9- Alucard
Shoplifting crackdown sees 40 arrests in July
15While the police keep retailers safer with their " boost and bust " , the judicial system brings back the danger with their " catch and release ".Thank you Courts.
2- BGeez
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
14Further, as I explained two years ago, Canfor has been in the process in the last fifteen years of extricating its business out of B.C. slowly but surely.First were the sawmills, then P.G. Pulp, then Northwood ' B side ' and now Northwood ' A side '.Next to follow will be Intercon Pulp and P.G. Papermill by 2030.If Canfor had their way they would have preferred to close everything in one fell swoop but instead decided to do it piecemeal which, although very hard on those affected, is not as harsh as closing the entire business all at once.The effect on P.G. will be drastic.The City of P.G. will not exist on public sector jobs alone.
3- BGeez
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
15The closures have been happening under multiple governments, they are all at fault. This is the result of corporate monopolies that none of our political parties stand up to.
2- ReasonableHumanBeing
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
15The writing has been on the wall for sometime. I work at the affected location and most have been waiting for that shoe to drop hoping it never would. Market conditions have been horrible and I fully expect to hear of more closures coming soon.It did not help that the NDP over the last 30 years has done nothing to help the forest industry. Yes they must take a huge share of the blame due to their policies of environment over jobs.A certain amount of the blame falls on Canfor itself for some very bad decisions made throughout the years both operationally and financially.End result is forestry went from a driving force to being a byline in the footnotes.
2- Dearth
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
12Don’t forget about the NDP.
4- Shark Tank
Canfor closing Northwood Pulp Mill
13Nothing to do with liberals...nice try. We all know what it's about and has been in the works for decades .
3- D122
