Tolko mill at Heffley Creek shuts down due to northern B.C. pipeline explosion

By Ashley Legassic
CFJC Today
October 11, 2018
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

KAMLOOPS — Tolko mills across the Interior are being impacted by a natural gas pipeline explosion near Prince George, and the company’s Heffley Creek location has shut down until further notice. …“We have three operations in these communities that rely on natural gas for part or all of their production processes,” Troy Connolly, Solid Wood vice president says in the release. “As a result, our Heffley Creek plywood operation north of Kamloops has been shut down and our dry kilns at Soda Creek in Williams Lake and Quest Wood in Quesnel are offline until further notice. These two locations are still running, however, as neither the sawmill nor planer rely on natural gas.” …Different companies across B.C. have taken steps to limit their natural gas use after Tuesday night’s explosion, including Domtar’s Kamloops pulp mill location, which has decreased its production but there have been no impacts on staffing at this point.

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