One of Maine’s largest mills, Woodland Pulp, says it’s been forced to stop accepting Canadian softwood lumber from New Brunswick, citing the cost of American tariffs. And it doesn’t know when it will start using New Brunswick wood again. The mill – situated a short drive across the border from St. Stephen – has decided to shut down operations until the end of December citing a challenging global pulp market. It’s a situation that’s now being highlighted by politicians on both sides of the border as the real life consequence of U.S. tariffs on jobs in Canada and the United States. …“We typically receive in the range of 120 to 130 truck loads of fiber per day to supply Woodland Pulp,” company spokesperson Scott Beal told said. That’s now stopped, with no timeline to resume. … 144 workers from both Woodland Pulp and its subsidiary St. Croix Chipping will be temporarily laid off. [A subscription to the Telegraph-Journal may be required for full story access]

Additional coverage in News Center Maine, by Drew Peters: Woodland Pulp to temporarily close and lay off roughly 150 workers