BC’s Coastal Mill Closures Tied to Deep and Ongoing Issues in Forestry Sector

Logs at a sawmill on Vancouver Island in a file photo. Darryl Brooks/Shutterstock

CROFTON, B.C.—White steam belches from the exhaust stacks at the Domtar pulp and paper mill in Crofton, B.C., about an hour north of Victoria, as rain falls on half-empty parking lots in the plant’s final days of operation.

Domtar's pulp and paper mill at Crofton, B.C., on Jan. 30, 2026. Paul Rowan Brian/The Epoch Times