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Timber shuffle in order for Babine sawmill revival

Securing enough timber to rebuild Babine Forest Products will take some shuffling, provincial Jobs Minister Pat Bell said Friday during an update on the campaign to soften the blow Burns Lake has suffer with the loss of the community's main employer.
Babine explosion
A Jan. 20, 2012 explosion and fire destroyed Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake.

Securing enough timber to rebuild Babine Forest Products will take some shuffling, provincial Jobs Minister Pat Bell said Friday during an update on the campaign to soften the blow Burns Lake has suffer with the loss of the community's main employer.

Bell said there is not enough within the immediate area to support a revival of the dimension-lumber sawmill that employed 250 workers prior to the Jan. 20 explosion and fire that destroyed most of the facility, killed two employees and left another 19 people injured, some with major burns.

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