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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸🌱 · @chris

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Back in the day there were 7 large Pulp and/or Paper Mills on Vancouver Island. They were the major employer in Port Alice, Gold River, Powell River, Campbell River, North Cowichan/Crofton, Nanaimo (Harmac), and Port Alberni.

Gold River closed permanently 20 years ago.
Campbell River closed permanently 15 years ago.
Harmac was sold to the employees 15 years ago, it continues.
Port Alice closed permanently 10-15 years ago.
Powell River closed permanently this year.
Crofton has been 'curtailed' for last 3 months due to 'market conditions’ (see link). The outlook is not bright.
Port Alberni is the last “company mill” on the Island and has avoided most of the turmoil at least outwardly.

Other than Harmac, the last 3 mills were the final ones owned by one entity. That entity, Paper Excellence, is owned by a member of the Wijaya family who run a huge conglomerate in Indonesia: Sinar Mas.

It's just numbers on a spreadsheet now.

I expect Port Alberni's mill to be closed within 5 years.

There are lots of reasons for the shutdown, but I believe the major one is company consolidation and offshoring of global pulp and paper production.

#megaCorps #Billionnaires #Forestry #PulpandPaper #PortAlberni #Nanaimo #CampbellRiver #Canada #CanPoli #BCPoli
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/trending-now/crofton-mill-extends-shutdown-another-month-3099321

#megacorps #billionnaires #forestry #pulpandpaper #portalberni #nanaimo #campbellriver #canada #canpoli #bcpoli

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh

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@gemelliz #CampbellRiver & North #VancouverIsland folks - good place to set up a popup protest. I'd do it if I could get be there that day.

#campbellriver #vancouverisland

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Global News BC: Canadian Coast Guard patrol boat falls onto highway in Campbell River https://globalnews.ca/news/9896288/coast-guard-boat-falls-highway-campbell-river/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #campbellriverboatincident #FisheriesandOceansCanada #CampbellRiverboat #DFOboataccident #boatonhighway #CampbellRiver #boatmishap #Traffic #DFOboat #Canada #DFO

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Global News BC: Man stabbed multiple times in Campbell River, 2 police officers injured during arrest https://globalnews.ca/news/9865371/bc-campbell-river-stabbing/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #manstabbedmultipletimes #policeofficersinjured #campbellriverRCMP #AttemptedMurder #ResistingArrest #VancouverIsland #CampbellRiver #Crime #RCMP

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Global News BC: ‘The horror, the hurt’: Youths attack Campbell River 12-year-old in online video https://globalnews.ca/news/9864515/campbell-river-assault-youth-attack-video/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CampbellRiverassaultvideoshared #CampbellRiverassaultvideo #AssaultCampbellRiver #CampbellRiverassault #campbellriverRCMP #Youthassaultvideo #CampbellRiver #assaultvideo #Assault #Crime

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Global News - B.C. skydiving event helps veterans, first responders process trauma

B.C. skydiving event helps veterans, first responders process trauma | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/9833471/operation-pegasus-jump-mental-health-ptsd/ “Canadian Forces veterans, first responders and their families have gathered in #CampbellRiver, B.C., this week to leap from the skies to help heal trauma and internal scars.
#OperationPegasusJump, that uses skydiving as a way to build bonds and camaraderie and to share the experiences of occupational stress injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder.” #PTSD

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