Northern Development offers Forestry Affected Business consulting rebate Up to $15,000 is available to eligible business affected by mill closures and curtailments
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ccording to Northern Development’s 2018 State of the North Economic Report, Northern B.C. is
home to 55 per cent of the province’s sawmills, 39 per cent of its pulp and paper mills, 79 per cent of its pellet mills
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and 45 per cent of its veneer, plywood, and panel mills. There are more than a dozen municipalities in Northern
The forestry industry is critical to Northern B.C. communities, however announcements of curtailments or
B.C. where the economy is either totally or somewhat dependent on forestry, and others still where forestry-related activity is a common sight.
closures and the remnants of historic wildfires in both 2017 and 2018 have presented challenges for people and businesses operating in the region.
