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JUNE 7, 2019 | Volume 32 No. 46
FRIDAY
FROM SAFEWAY TO FRESHCO
Sahali Safeway store will close in November and re-open next spring as FreshCo, Sobeys’ discount grocery store chain A3
Page A26 is your guide to events in the city and region
A SHORE THING Developer purchases North Shore building with five-year plan A25
SAVONA FIRE
200-hectare wildfire west of Kamloops still growing A12
WEEKEND WEATHER:
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THE DOMINO EFFECT OF A MILL’S DEATH JESSICA WALLACE STAFF REPORTER jessica@kamloopsthisweek.com
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Canfor employee DON MCCUAIG
ixty-four-year-old Don McCuaig was planning retirement next year until plans were cut short this week with news Vavenby’s Canfor mill will close in July. Canfor will close its sawmill and sell its timber rights to Interfor Corp. for $60 million. McCuaig is one of about 175 workers to directly lose their jobs. In a word, he feels “lost.” “This is a big part of my life,” McCuaig told KTW, donning a “Canfor” hardhat with sawdust flying into his face. “I’ve been here 44 years. Your job, that’s a big part of your life, right? When that’s gone, now what, right? You don’t have the money to do too much. You can’t just sit on the couch because that’s going to go downhill pretty quick. So, it’s still up in the air.” McCuaig, a heavy duty mechanic who lives in Clearwater, will make adjustments in light of early retirement — the odd project that won’t get finished — but counts himself lucky his house is paid off and grateful for a career that allowed him to do so.
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