Terrace Bay mill closure sends a wave of caution through Northern Ontario

By Clint Fleury
SNnewswatch
January 10, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada East

GREENSTONE, Ontario – This isn’t the first time the pulp mill in Terrace Bay shut its doors indefinitely. In the early 2000s, the mill was previously owned by Thunder Bay-based Buchanan Group and was shut down when it went into receivership. The effect of the shutdown impacted the surrounding communities. For the Municipality of Greenstone, the sawmills in Nakina and Longlac will need to look further than Terrace Bay to ensure their products get out to market. “It impacts everybody – the local businesses, it impacts the trucking companies, it impacts the fuel suppliers, it impacts all the people who drive the equipment in the bush from hauling to harvesting to laying out the blocks to road building,” said Greenstone Mayor Jamie McPherson. …McPherson stresses federal programs are available and the municipality will aid those affected by the Terrace Bay Mill closure.

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