KOOTENAY - Canfor, 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.

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(L to R) Brian Fehr (BID Group), Alistair Cook (Canfor), Dee Conklin (Mayor of Radium Hot Springs), Steve Thomson (Forests Minister), Don Kayne (CEO, Canfor), Bill Bennett (Community Development Minister and MLA for East Kootenay), Kathryn Teneese (Chair, Ktunaxa Council), Doug Singer (United Steelworkers).