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Fraser Lake fatal run-over
Dancing for kindness: calling for community support on Pink Shirt Day
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In 2013, W. L. McLeod Elementary school students performed a flash mob in downtown Vanderhoof, recorded in video, for antibullying on Pink Shirt Day. This year, Vanderhoof’s got bigger plans for all to participate, said event organizer Kim Worthington. See page 8
An Alberta man died while trying to fix his logging truck in Fraser Lake on Jan. 31. The BC Coroners Service identified the man as Jacob Wadsworth Low, 23, from Mannville, Alberta — a small community about 170 kilometres east of Edmonton. In Jan. 31 early afternoon, Low and his co-worker were driving an empty logging truck along the Holy Cross logging road into a camp south of Fraser Lake. They stopped to deal with the truck’s mechanical difficulties, in the process of which Low was run over by the truck. He died on scene. Investigations on the death are continuing by the BC Coroners Service, WorkSafeBC, and RCMP. Low’s family has been notified, BC Coroners Service states.
BID Group selected to deliver $80-million state-of-the-art mill for Biewer Lumber St. George, South Carolina, February 3, 2016 – BID Group of Companies (“BID Group”) is proud to announce its selection by Biewer Lumber (“Biewer”) to deliver a state-of-the-art turnkey mill in Newton, Mississippi. Construction will begin in the second quarter of 2016 and will continue throughout the year with mill production scheduled for the second quarter of 2017. The successful execution of the project will require the combined efforts of BID Group’s facilities located throughout North America.
The Newton mill will be Biewer’s first in the South. BID Group is excited to be part of Biewer’s expansion and the benefits that the project and the operations will provide for both the company and the community. The Newton sawmill will feature state-ofthe-art technologies specifically designed, supplied, and installed by the BID Group including a Comact optimized log bucking system, a Comact saw line with profiling systems, and a fully-automated mill outfeed. The planer mill will be equipped with the
all-new Miller high speed planer, a Comact GradExpertTM and a fully-automated mill outfeed specialized in cut-in-two handling. Lumber drying will utilize continuous kiln technology provided through two Deltech dual path kilns. The Biewer project is the result of BID Group’s expansion strategy in the Southern United States. Since 2013, BID Group’s business focus has been to establish a southern regional base consisting of a local manufacturing facility with the ability to offer re-
gionally based after-sales services. BID Group now has a world class complex in South Carolina in addition to thirteen other facilities spread across the continent to better serve regional needs while reducing geographical costs and barriers. “BID Group thanks Biewer Lumber for the opportunity to supply and install the Newton sawmill as well as the opportunity to establish a strong relationship with both Biewer and the community of Newton,” said BID Group CEO Alistair Cook.
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