Canfor and B.C. government and local government officials cut the ribbon at the official re-opening of Canfor's Radium mill. The company has invested $38.5 million to upgrade its sawmill and build a new planer mill that will directly employ 144 people.

As part of Premier Christy Clark's BC Jobs and Trade Mission, Minister Steve Thomson and delegates on the forestry portion of the mission toured the Songjiang townhouse project, outside Shanghai. Minister Thomson is visiting both China and Japan during the mission to continue to expand B.C.'s lumber exports overseas.