Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of rural B.C. towns

When Mayor Shane Brienen of Houston, B.C., thinks about the impact of the impending closure of the town’s sawmill, he worries not only about the economic fallout. He thinks about the holes that the workers and their spouses will leave in the community. “Maybe in their spare time they were coaching…

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