British ColumbiaThe B.C. Coroners Service is investigating two deaths in Chemainus, B.C. On Friday, a forestry company’s office in an industrial area was behind police tape.WorkSafeBC says it is aware of the incident but has no comment at this timeCBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2025 6:55 PM EST | Last Updated: 8 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Police taped off an office in Chemainus, B.C., Friday. (CHEK News)The B.C. Coroners Service is investigating two deaths in Chemainus on Vancouver Island.Photos from CHEK News show police taped off a small office in an industrial area Friday at the end of Hope Place in North Cowichan, B.C., about 60 kilometres northwest of Victoria.WorkSafeBC said it was made aware of an incident in the area around 4 p.m. Friday. RCMP attended the scene but have not responded to requests for comment.Mosaic Forest Management — which operates across Vancouver Island — said in an emailed statement that the incident occurred overnight at an independent contractor’s facility.”As this matter does not involve Mosaic employees or lands, it is not our place to comment,” the company said.The contractor was Kaatza Group, a forestry and logging company, according to a company spokesperson in an emailed statement.Police taped off an office building with signage for Kaatza Group in Chemainus, B.C., on Friday. (CHEK News)The coroners service said it could not provide further information as the investigation remains open.Mosaic suspended its operations Friday “out of respect for those affected,” according to the statement.With files from Jon Azpiri and Lauren Vanderdeen
2 deaths in Chemainus, B.C., under investigation
