Western Forest Products Inc. announced that in late March 2020, as a result of COVID-19, the company curtailed certain operations for one week to implement enhanced health and safety protocols and to re-evaluate market conditions. After implementing enhanced health and safety protocols and re-evaluating operating conditions, the company resumed all operations, except at Ladysmith, Cowichan Bay and Somass sawmills. On May 4, 2020, the company resumed operation of Cowichan Bay sawmill. The US-based Columbia Vista division operations were unaffected by the Strike and took no COVID-19 related downtime. On August 4, 2020, the company has restarted production at Ladysmith sawmill, which had remained curtailed after the end of the Strike due to limited log supply.