West Fraser

Our Company is one of B.C.'s Top Employers for 2021, on top of already being announced as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and a Top Employer for Young People. Check out more about the announcement here:

Ringing the New York Stock Exchange bell! West Fraser is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WFG) in addition to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WFG). To celebrate, today a group from West Fraser (virtually) rang the NYSE market closing bell. You can check out a video of the event here: http://bit.ly/3d8TGn5

Our V.P. of U.S. Lumber Operations, Chester Fort, posted this on Linkedin during Black History Month. Chester was instrumental in coordinating West Fraser's donation to the Daisy Bates House Museum, the home of the civil rights activist. Here's what he had to say: "I'm very proud to be supporting the Daisy Bates foundation. We have now officially established four scholarships at the Strong/Huttig School in her name. ... Loretta and I are proud to finance one of those scholarships and continue to give back and help someone. We should take full advantage of our opportunities and achieve new goals daily. The world is not perfect, but we should always work to stay strong and positive. We can't have a pity party every day. Life will always have challenges. Face challenges, learn and grow from them. I thank everyone that paved the way and coached and supported me in my personal journey. A special thanks to Loretta for staying with me in good times and rough times. This kid from Bluff City, Arkansas is now responsible for the largest lumber producer in the U.S. South and the world. If I can, you can. Stop making excuses and wake up at 4am every day and grind. Now we are planning something special for the Prescott School District in the name of Bluff City. My Black History Story." You can learn more about the Company's commitment to the Daisy Bates Museum here: https://lnkd.in/gVMVQhj

All signs point to a new era at our Company! Our newly acquired mills are switching their signs to read West Fraser.

West Fraser is happy to support local across all of our communities!

A big kudos to our truck drivers in Perry, Florida--and across North America! Last month, our Perry Mill held a Truckers Appreciation Luncheon. We made 125 bagged lunches to say thank you for keeping things running smoothly in our transportation area.

Building relations in Clinton, B.C. Our Canadian mills donated $83,000 worth of materials to the Clinton Assisted Living Centre to help build one wing in the new building. The entire project will have a total of 20 units for seniors in the community, with funding coming from Housing B.C.... By having the donation of building materials, the organizers with the seniors' centre can use the saved money to build a proper commercial kitchen.

Big news! West Fraser announces intent to acquire a top OSB (oriented strand board) producer, Norbord:

Do you know the benefits of the forest products industry? ICYMI, learn more about our Company in our Responsibility Report! https://www.westfraser.com//2019-responsibility-report-mak

Bats are vital to having a healthy forest ecosystem. Learn more about how we help protect bats in Alberta! https://www.westfraser.com//it%E2%80%99s-bat-man-how-west-

A longer feature on our $35,000 donation to the Daisy Bates House Museum and $4000 in local scholarships in Arkansas. https://www.westfraser.com//west-fraser-donates-daisy-bate

We are celebrating today - West Fraser's has been recognized (again!) as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers. Click on the link and find out what makes West Fraser one of Canada's top companies to work for: #CanadasTop100Employers #topemployers2021

Did you know the forestry industry was worth $7-billion (!!!) in B.C. last year? Learn more about our supply chain from the BC Council of Forest Industries!

Our U.S. operations are delighted on the occasion of Mrs. Daisy Bates’ birthday to announce a $35,000 donation to the Daisy Bates House Museum. Daisy Bates was a civil rights activist, NAACP president and mentor to the nine teenagers (now known as the Little Rock Nine) who ultimately desegregated Central High School in Arkansas. Her home became the official pick-up and drop-off site for the Little Rock Nine's trips to and from Central High School each school day. West Fraser’s operations are proud to contribute to this important historical site, a donation that will help to continue her focus on the importance of education. Check out a few photos from the event at the home today!

Today, #WeRemember and honour the service of those that fought for our freedom. Sharing a few photos of how our operations are recognizing veterans today. #RemembranceDay #VeteransDay

A big THANK YOU from Sangudo Community School and The Parent Council! Blue Ridge Lumber and Ranger Board donated wood chips for their playground.

"Safety is a full-time job; don't make it a part-time practice." Brett Beneteau came up with Dudley's new safety slogan for 2020-2021, and he's pictured with Mill Manager, Jay Martin, accepting his prize!

Investing in our communities! West Fraser in Huttig donated $1000 to the local Strong/Huttig School District.

Noel Gairdner, one of our community liaisons, was featured in a recent Alberta Forest Products Association video, talking about his work with Indigenous communities.

Congratulations on a job well done! MLA Martin Long stopped by Blue Ridge Lumber to present them with a copy of his Members Statement congratulating them on reaching 200 Million Trees planted.

Big news for pulp products in Canada! We're excited about the potential for our pulp products to be used in innovative ways, such as these biodegradable disposable face masks made from wood pulp prototyped over the last eight weeks.

Piecing things back together at our Joyce Sawmill in Louisiana. We wanted to give a shout-out to our employees who were affect by Hurricane Laura, particularly in Joyce. Due to their incredible efforts, the mill was up and running by September 4, and couldn't have been done without their hard work and dedication. Thank you to all our employees!

This month, two of our community engagement coordinators took part in Driftpile FNs Family Cultural Day Camp in Northern Alberta. In Cree, the camp was called Mamawi Kapesiwin, meaning to gather together, camping together. The three-week-long cultural camp incorporated traditional land-based teachings such as making bow and arrows, learning about medicinal plants, survival skills, and Tipi teachings. Events like this give us, as WF employees, an opportunity to engage with the local members of these communities. This interaction is an important part of relationship building, says Doug Gladue, one of West Frasers coordinators.

West Fraser donated $1000 to the local fire department in Huttig, Arkansas, and we were at the annual meeting to present the donation!

We've released our 2019 Responsibility Report, which covers how West Fraser operates sustainably and responsibly, with a focus on continuous improvement. https://www.westfraser.com//2019-responsibility-report-mak (Photo: Rashelle Lala)

Rob Baron, our regional manager based out Quesnel, shared what is a part of his job with Project Learning Tree Canada!

We're hiring in the U.S. South! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/2Gzb1Hs... #Labordayon

Orange Shirt Day photos from across Canada. Thank you to all of our divisions that took part yesterday. Orange Shirt Day started in 2013 to commemorate the residential school experience in Canada. For more information, visit here: https://www.orangeshirtday.org/

Today, our divisions in Canada are supporting Orange Shirt Day, including High Prairie Forest Products. Orange Shirt Day started as a local event in Williams Lake in 2013 that has grown to a national movement. Wearing an orange shirt is a signal of support, acknowledging the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada and remembering those who did not return. It is a way to honour the spirit of healing and reconciliation in our Canadian communitie...s and to show that every child matters. More information can be found here: http://www.orangeshirtday.org/

The Outland Youth Employment Program has finished another year. Richard Briand, our Chief Forester in Alberta, offered his congratulations along with many others to this summer's group!

The Love Alberta Forests campaign is back, supported by the Alberta Forest Products Association! Steve Blanton, the Woodlands Manager at Manning Forest Products, took this photo while visiting his grandchildren in Calgary. The billboards are all across Alberta, to celebrate our forestry industry. Take a photo with one, if you see it, and tag us!

Book a virtual visit to your classroom with COFI!

We're proud to support the communities where we operate. This year, our Whitehouse location in Florida is a sponsor of the Pride of Hilliard Football Club for Hilliard Middle-Senior High School.

Quesnel Sawmill and the woods team are supporting the local 4-H group and the community! Recently, two employees bought a steer and a pig, with most of the meat being given to local food kitchens to help those in need.

Our North Central Woodlands Team rounding out National Forest Week after a day of training in Slave Lake, Alberta!

Want to learn more about what our forestry team does? Watch the video to learn more about Laura Trout's job as our senior biologist!

We want to give a huge congratulations to Cindy MacDonald, our Manager of Environmental Affairs, who recently received a Forest Products Association of Canada Lifetime Achievement Award. Cindy has been an incredible leader in the industry, advancing sustainable forest management practices and programs throughout West Fraser’s BC and Alberta operations. And we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate National Forest Week and Gender Equality Week in Canada! Learn more about the award here: https://bit.ly/2Gc16aw

This month, West Fraser's bioproducts coordinator Eddie Peace spoke to more than 400 participants at the World Bioeconomy Forum! He was speaking about our bioproducts, Propel and Amallin and was joined by six other experts in the field. "It was a great chance for networking and to tell people more about our products," says Eddie. Learn more about our products here: https://www.westfraser.com/products/bioproducts

A new ramp for an employee and their family in Alberta. Slave Lake Pulp donated treated wood to one of their employees to build a ramp at home. This past winter, the employee's daughter was in a serious accident. Now, the ramp will help her get easy access to the family home.

Slave Lake Pulp is helping out in the community! Neala Best is a local business owner that is fighting cancer for the second time. To help out, Slave Lake Pulp offered up the use of its BBQ for a community fundraiser. The group ended up raising about $3000 for Neala!

Work is underway at our mill in Dudley, Georgia! There will be a complete turn-key modernization at the existing site (sawmill, kilns, planer), that will make major improvements to the efficiency of the equipment and safety.

The team at Whitehouse is proudly displaying its 2019 Southern Forest Products Association Award for being incident-free last year!

The forestry industry has been an essential service during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Forest Products Association of Canada highlighted some of the vital work that has been and is being done across the sector. https://bit.ly/30v86Hp

West Fraser donated $1000 to Girls, Inc. in Memphis for the Hear Our Voices campaign. It aims to increase awareness, mobilize action and raise much-needed funds for programming that equips girls to advocate for themselves, their communities, and the world.

What's your perfect green job? Project Learning Tree, an initiative of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, launched this quiz for students interested in careers in fields such as forestry, wildlife biology, and the lumber industry! You can try it out online, or if you're an educator, you can download multiple quizzes for your students.

From our Leola Mill, intern Murphy Egwim shared this photo and message about his experience! We're proud to have students from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and other colleges at our mills. "Today's experience is learning about roll out data. Loving what I do West Fraser! By the way, our summer internship has been extended until December. So proud of us!"

A highlight of how Slave Lake Pulp is more energy-efficient, with new heat exchangers and other major investments.

Growing community connections. The Kapaweno First Nations in Alberta built garden boxes from our recent building material donation.

When it comes to harvesting, our woods teams take a *very* long-term approach and plan 200 years into the future before a single tree is harvested. Check out this video from the Alberta Forest Products Association to learn more!

From our tree planting project in Manning, Alberta, these photos were taken in mid-June. The aerial photos are of cutblocks that were harvested last winter and were planted this summer. When harvesting, our woods teams take into consideration values such as cultural values, water and streamside areas, forest health issues and zones of wildlife habitat. For example, learn more about how we design cutblocks for caribou here!... https://www.westfraser.com//st/designing-cutblocks-caribou See more

West Fraser works with more than 100 Indigenous communities across Western Canada. Here's a highlight of how some of our divisions celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day at the end of June. https://www.westfraser.com//indigenous-peoples-day-across-

We're celebrating National Forest Week in the U.S.! For more information on digital events, visit the National Forest Foundation's page: https://www.nationalforests.org/our-fo/national-forest-week

Tree planters in B.C. are amazing! 250 million seedlings have been planted this season, with another 50 million to go. And that's despite new COVID-19 regulations and wet conditions. https://www.westfraser.com//sowing-seeds-different-tree-pl

**200 million trees! ** Colleagues and friends near our Blue Ridge operations are celebrating in the sun today, planting their *200 millionth* seedling since 1975 - one of the more than 6 million native trees planted each year here to renew thriving forests for the future. Our Blue Ridge mills make renewable, value-added wood products that the world looks for, and we are serious about our commitment to renewing the forest and the sustainable stewardship of the lands that sup...port our business, our communities, and contractors. #forestproud

West Fraser uses virtually every part of the trees that come to our mills. For example, our residuals (ex: bark, sawdust, etc..) are used in cool projects such as this dirt bike park in Louisana to prevent erosion. https://www.westfraser.com//someone%E2%80%99s-trash-anothe

Eddie Peace is speaking at the World BioEconomy Forum in the fall to talk about our bioproducts, Amallin and Propel.

Attention, forest researchers! The Blue Sky Young Researchers Award is back. This global award is a competition for students and young researchers exploring forest science, products using forest-based raw materials, process improvements, or other innovations. Learn more here!... https://icfpa.org/international-council-of-forest-and-pape/ See more