The provincial government is being pressed by the town of Atikokan to provide the new owners of the Atikokan Forest Products Mill with a wood supply.Eacom Timber of Montreal has an offered to buy the idled Sapawe mill, but first wants a secure wood supply.
Mayor Dennis Brown says reopening the mill would bring back lost jobs.
"There's a lot of stake here," says Brown. "We talk about growing in the north well here's a great opportunity."
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for next week.
