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Soil turning at new OSB mill site

June 1, 2004

Hon. Mike de Jong, Minister of Forests joins delegates on top of CAT machinery that will help prepare the site of new oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Fort St. John. The mill will contribute more than $74-million annually to the local economy from annual OSB production equivalent to 5,460 rail cars or enough lumber to build 75,000 average North American homes. Pictured (top) left to right, are: Mayor Steve Thorlakson, City of Fort St. John, Hon. Richard Neufeld, Minister of Energy and Mines, Mark Suwyn, Chairman & CEO, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Hon. Mike de Jong, Minister of Forests, and Bill Hebert, President, Slocan-LP OSB Corp. (bottom) Ike Barber, Board Member, SLocan-LP OSB Corp., Jim Shepherd, CEO, Canfor and Chief Roland Willson, West Moberly First Nation (Representing Treaty 8 Chiefs).