Slow markets, labour shortages lead challenges for Revelstoke forest industry

Jim Scott spends his days out in the bush logging. As the owner of Two Guys Logging, a logging contractor, he admits that he’s at the bottom of the totem pole in the forestry industry. Still, he’s seen the industry’s struggles first hand. “There’s no doubt it’s changed a lot in the last five to 10 years,” he said. “I’m employing 15 guys, I used to have a crew of 35.”

Those workers he no longer employs have scattered all over, he said. Some have gone to work in the oil fields while others have gone into mining.  Feb 22, 2012  Revelstoke Times Review  Read More