POWELL RIVER, BC — Paper Excellence has announced the temporary curtailment of operations at its Catalyst Paper Tis’kwat mill. According to Paper Excellence, severe challenges with local and global supply chain congestion, exacerbated by BC’s recent atmospheric river event, have caused significant paper inventory and movement problems for the company. The release stated the curtailment is targeted to begin during the week of November 22 and the company will evaluate conditions for potential restart in early January 2022. UNIFOR Local 76 president Bill Spence said “We’ve been in this position before and we’ll get our crews through it again.” “It’s a bad time of year for the curtailment, but when is a good time? Unfortunately, we’ve had too much practice at it.” …Paper Excellence will endeavour to supply paper customers with production from its Crofton and Port Alberni mills.