VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Western Forest Products Inc. has announced planned temporary operating curtailments at its British Columbia (“B.C.”) sawmills during the fourth quarter of 2025. These planned curtailments, combined with temporary operating curtailments taken in the third quarter of 2025, will collectively reduce lumber production at its B.C. The curtailments are in response to persistently weak market conditions, further impacted by significant increases in U.S. softwood lumber duties in August 2025. The temporary curtailments will be taken through a combination of reduced operating hours, an extended holiday break, and reconfigured shifting schedules. The Chemainus sawmill, which was temporarily curtailed for the entire third quarter of 2025, will remain temporarily curtailed for the entire fourth quarter of 2025.