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Forestry Industry Briefing — August 31, 2026

Updated September 2026 · Daily Briefs

Paper & Pulp Mills

  • RYAM will shut its Témiscaming, QC industrial complex on Sept. 15, idling ~400 unionized workers (~425 total) — an "indefinite temporary economic shutdown" the company blames on U.S. tariffs, called "a nuclear bomb" for the town's largest employer (CTV News, Northern Ontario Business)

Forestry & Timber

  • A B.C. court extended the injunction barring old-growth logging protesters from blocking Walbran Valley roads until Jan. 31, 2028, rejecting an indefinite extension; a Pacheedaht First Nation elder welcomed the time limit (Times Colonist)

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