Eldon Haggarty News Today

Tla’amin Nation hegus, City of Powell River mayor, UNIFOR Local 1 representative share thoughts on permanent curtailment and future plans for the location.

Service New Brunswick's recent decision to retract $3.5 million of a $3.7 million assessment increase it had given J.D. Irving Ltd.'s Saint John paper mill in 2021 for economic reasons is the third major valuation reduction the facility has gotten from the agency in the last decade.

A former Powell River paper mill up for sale sits on the site of tiskwat, the Tla'amin Nation's ancient village. Now, the nation has launched a bid to buy back the land.

The mayor of Powell River says the company running the local Catalyst paper mill has betrayed its working relationship with the city, after it listed the mill site for sale worldwide.

Posted: Mar 13, 2021 9:00 AM PT | Last Updated: March 13 More than a third of the workers at the Catalyst Paper Mill in Powell River, B.C., are still out of a job. (Submitted by Eldon Haggarty) Hundreds of workers at the Catalyst Paper Mill in Powell River, B.C., who were laid off at the start of the pandemic will soon be back on the job. Paper Excellence, which owns the mill, announced this week that one of the facilitys two machines will be coming back online as of April. But some say the ne...