By Dylana Milobar

Tolko mills up and running following pipeline explosion

Oct 19, 2018 | 3:20 PM

KAMLOOPS — Two regional lumber mills are now running at full power, following province-wide restricted natural gas use, due to a recent Enbridge pipeline explosion in the Prince George area.

Tolko’s Heffley Creek Plywood, north of Kamloops, along with Soda Creek Lumber in Williams Lake are fully operational today, due to the current availability of additional natural gas. 

Both operations had been impacted by the pipeline rupture north of Prince George last week.

Immediately following the explosion, Heffley Creek Plywood operation ceased production, and the dry kilns in Soda Creek were shut down because there was no natural gas available for them.

In a statement today, Vice President of Tolko, Solid Wood Troy Connolly says, “We were able to resume partial operations when one of the two pipelines resumed operations. However, we continued to operate under gas restrictions.”

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Today, operations at both mills are online, and full production is underway.

“The resumption of operations is good news, however the situation remains active,” Connolly explains, “We will continue to monitor the situation until access to both pipelines is fully restored.”