COFI comes to KelownaAnnual conference attracts hundreds to B.C.'s southern Interior

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The Council of Forest Industries (COFI) annual convention took place in Kelowna, B.C. this past April with several hundred delegates in attendance.COFI president and CEO Susan Yurkovich kicked off the convention discussing the importance of a healthy, competitive forestry sector in B.C."We contribute about $12 billion to the provincial GDP," she told the crowd. "This is an industry that matters."Approximately 145,000 people across British i Columbia are employed by the forestry sector. That's about one in every 16 jobs in the province, i and one in every four manufacturing jobs. I