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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 8 , 2004.
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Commission File Number
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WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
3rd Floor, 435 Trunk Road, Duncan, British Columbia Canada V9L 2P9
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(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [ ]
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): __________
NOTE: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.
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permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): __________
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foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the
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organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
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report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
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material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [ ] No [X]
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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- __________.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
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(Registrant)
Date January 21, 2005 By /s/ P.G. Hosier
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(Signature)*
Philip G. Hosier
Corporate Secretary
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[WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS LOGO] WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
DECEMBER 7, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOG SHORTAGE CAUSES EARLY TEMPORARY SHUTDOWN OF
WFP VANCOUVER MILL.
DUNCAN, BC. An unanticipated log shortage has caused Western Forest Products
Inc. (TSX: WEF) to close its Silvertree saw mill in Vancouver two weeks ahead of
its planned Christmas shutdown.
The mill will close at the end of the last shift on Friday, December 10th, and
re-open on January 17th, 2005. It had been scheduled to close from December 23rd
to January 4th, 2005.
"Poor winter weather has affected our towing of logs the mill needs from the
Island," says Reynold Hert, President and Chief Executive Officer, Western
Forest Products.
"The cedar market in the U.S. also continues to be soft in anticipation of a
ruling on countervail dumping charges, and we have enough inventory available to
take care of immediate needs," says Hert. "Extending the shutdown another two
weeks into January made sense. Employees were advised as soon as the decision
was made."
Western Forest Products is an integrated Canadian forest products company and
the second largest coastal woodland operator in BC. Principal activities
conducted by WFP include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into
lumber and wood chips, value added manufacturing, and producing NBSK pulp. Its
products are sold in 30 countries worldwide.
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