City of Quesnel to host Community Info Mtg on Nov. 27

Courtesy of the City of Quesnel:

The City of Quesnel will host a Community Information Session on Wednesday Nov. 27 at the Senior’s Centre at 461 Carson Ave. from 3–7 p.m. This session will bring together some of the community’s key stakeholders and provide residents with an opportunity to ask questions of various government agencies and businesses in light of Canfor’s announcement of the 2014 closing of their Quesnel sawmill.

The open house will feature job and skills training professionals from the community and province, local business, support services, and health services professionals. The Mayor and members of City Council and the MLA’s office will be in attendance and available to assist guests.

“I am pleased that the Transition Committee Office is up and running for the employees of the mill, and thank those team members on site for their commitment to the worker transition stage,” stated Mayor Mary Sjostrom. “The City of Quesnel is hosting this session in the hopes of enhancing their work and taking a step further to assist the residents and their families who are also impacted by the closure. We have invited as many applicable and key agencies as we could to the session and are confident that all of our guests will leave the session with more information and hopefully, their questions answered.”

“The open house is an opportunity for anyone affected by the Canfor closure to stop by the Senior’s Centre and pick up information, be it general information about the closure or about employment opportunities or re-training opportunities,” said MLA Coralee Oakes. “The closure impacts more than site employees and has an effect on contractors and their employees as everything transitions, we wanted to give a location for anyone in the community who has questions a place to ask them and get more information, if you are an owner/operator or an employee of an owner/operation, if you are spouse of someone affected, if you are a small business owner with questions – this is an opportunity to ask questions and get information.”

In addition to the government representation for mental health and jobs and skills training, participating businesses include the Central Interior Logging Association, Community Futures and College of New Caledonia to name a few.

WHAT: Community Information Session
WHERE: Quesnel Seniors Centre, 461 Carson Ave., Quesnel, B.C.
WHEN: Wednesday Nov. 27, 3-7 p.m.
WHO: Mayor, City Council, MLA Coralee Oakes and others.
WHY: To learn more about the resources available to the community following the mill closure.