A court-appointed monitor is overseeing the San Group of companies after the Langley-based firm filed for creditor protection. The San Group, which runs two sawmills and a remanufacturing plant in Port Alberni, has laid off employees and reduced operations due to a shortage of logs, with creditors claiming to be owed more than $100 million. The city of Port Alberni has activated a community transition team to support affected workers. Deloitte Restructuring Inc.
was appointed monitor, and the company aims to seek approval for a court-supervised sale process