Vancouver Island First Nations enter partnership with forest company

The Campbell River area First Nations are acquiring a 34 per cent ownership stake in the new partnership with Western Forest Products Inc. for $35.9 million, with part of the funding coming from treaty agreements with the province.

The partnership involving the K'omoks, Wei Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum and Tlowitsis First Nations will operate on 157,000 hectares of forest near Campbell River and Sayward, and manage an allowable annual cut of more than 900,000 cubic metres of timber. Western Forest Products president Stephen Hofer said the partnership represents a new era for forestry in B.C., where everyone has the opportunity to participate and benefit.

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