Canfor Announced Curtailments at Fort St. John Sawmill

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Canfor Corporation announced temporary curtailment of sawmill and planer operations at its Fort St. John sawmill.

In an internal memo released to employees, the company announced plans for two curtailments. According to reports, the first of the two curtailments is expected to run from June 28^th to July 15^th. Meantime, the second curtailment is scheduled to run from August 26^th to September 6^th.

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The internal memo further states that employees could mitigate earnings disruption by requesting a vacation pay advance for any such vacation accrued since May. It must be noted that only those employees working in critical positions need to come to the site, while all other employees will not work during the curtailment periods.

The memo clearly specifies the return date for various shifts of mill workers involved in the sawmill and planer production. After the first curtailment, the weekend personnel and weekday employees will return to work on July 14^th and July 15^th respectively. The graveyard shifts are expected to resume on July 14^th.

Following the second curtailment, weekend personnel and weekday workers will resume work on September 9^th and September 6^th respectively. The graveyard shift workers will return to work on September 8^th.