John Brink is tired of hearing about … a dying industry and he intends to do something about that… The owner of the Brink Group of Companies has made a proposal to Canfor to buy its mill operations and timber harvesting rights in Bear Lake, Vanderhoof and Fort St. John and forest tenure in Houston. Brink was already pursuing a bid to acquire Polar Sawmill at Bear Lake north of Prince George when Canfor announced last Wednesday it intends to permanently close the Plateau Sawmill in Vanderhoof and Fort St. John Sawmill. Brink has been trying to secure a timber supply to keep his finger-joint lumber plant operating and protect the jobs of his current workforce at Brink Forest Products, Vanderhoof Specialty Wood Products and Pleasant Valley Remanufacturing in Houston. A deal with Canfor would bring Brink’s mills up to full 600-worker capacity and he says there would likely be enough work for 5,000 direct and indirect jobs.