The BC government has handed nearly $1.23 million to three lumber-industry enterprises in Revelstoke, with the intent of funding projects that boost sustainable innovation and steer logging away from old-growth sites. The Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation recently announced Downie Timber, its remanufacturing arm Selkirk Cedar, and Big Eddy Machine Shop as the city’s recipients for its BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund. …”There is a particular focus on helping the forestry sector retrofit and develop new, sustainable value-added business lines that reduce dependency on old-growth logging and make innovative use of biomaterials,” it reads. Downie Timber, the major sawmill in Revelstoke, earned $825,000 to buy and commission a new debarker system that can process small-profile logs, which will help “protect” an estimated 229 jobs.