“They build what they would call subdivisions but what we would call cities …. for 100,000 people,” said Bell last week following the April 4 announcement that West Fraser had found a buyer for its closed sawmill in Terrace.

Bell also hints that the Skeena Sawmills deal is not the last that will surface in the northwest in the next while.

“This one’s exciting,” said Bell of the Skeena Sawmills sale. “But it’s not the end of good news in the region. There are files still active and there will be more good news on the forestry front.”

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