Kenora Forest Products, out of Kenora, ON, implemented another shift at its planer and sawmill October 31, providing jobs for approximately 45 more people.
Kenora Forest Adds Shift
Unifor and the company previously committed to ensuring members of the aboriginal community shared in the the economic benefits of the reopening of the mill last year. Dozens more are employed in log-harvesting operations.
The Kenora, ON, mill shut down in 2008 after the collapse of the US housing market, and didn’t resume production until last January.
Up to 80 per cent of the sawmill’s output goes to the US.
The plant is owned by Winnipeg, MB,-based Prendiville Industries.