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With areas around B.C. already reeling from bad forestry news, 160 employees at 100 Mile House found out Tuesday afternoon that their jobs at the Norbord mill could be gone for good.

“It hurts all the families involved directly, all the loggers and people in the service industry, small business,” Mitch Campsall, mayor of 100 Mile House, said. “Things will just keep going down, down, down, it will affect everybody.”

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Norbord announced its intention to “indefinitely curtail” production at its oriented strand-board (OSB) mill in 100 Mile House, starting in August.

Peter Wijnbergen, president and CEO of Norbord, cited the climate-related phenomena of the mountain pine beetle epidemic and, more recently, the increased number of wildfires that have led to wood-supply shortages and high prices.

“Indefinite curtailment means the company doesn’t know if they will begin operating again or when that might be,” Campsall said.