A Surrey-based sawmill company is donating enough lumber to rebuild 50 homes and buildings 91裸聊视频� roughly a half-million board feet 91裸聊视频� to Lytton and the Nlaka91裸聊视频檖amux Nation Tribal Council in an effort to help them recover from the fire that recently burned the B.C. village to the ground.

91裸聊视频淭eal Jones has felt the impact of traumatic fire events, but we were able to get back on solid footing with the help from the forestry community in British Columbia,91裸聊视频� says Jack Gardner, great-grandson of Teal Jones91裸聊视频� founder and a spokesman for the family-owned company. 91裸聊视频淲e feel terrible for the people of Lytton and Lytton First Nation affected by this fire, and want to pay that past assistance forward. We encourage other forestry businesses to join us in the rebuilding of these resource-dependent communities.91裸聊视频�

Teal Jones issued a press release Monday noting it experienced fires at mills and woodlands in the past, with 91裸聊视频減erhaps the most significant91裸聊视频� having occurred about 20 years ago when 91裸聊视频渃ampers violating a campfire ban near Boston Bar caused a significant forest fire that destroyed a large timber supply area. The company was able to recover with support from suppliers and employees.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 B.C.91裸聊视频檚 largest privately owned timber company. Teal Jones has been investing $60 million in its Surrey headquarters since 2019.

Since 1946, the company has grown from a one-man shingle machine to over 2,000 employees in North America. Of those, 1,000 are in B.C., and half of those work in Surrey at Teal-Jones91裸聊视频� main site on Fraser River, just this side of Barnston Island.

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