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                Floor</strong></font></div>
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                Howe Street</strong></font></div>
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                Columbia, Canada V6C 3R8</strong></font></div>
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                604-654-4000</strong></font></div>
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                including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code, of
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      Paper Stock Option Plan</strong></font></div>
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      Eighth Avenue, 13</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><sup><strong>th</strong></sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>
      Floor</strong></font></div>
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kbs8_catalyst.htm
As
      filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31,
      2007
Registration
        No. 333- __________
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
        S-8
REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
        SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Catalyst
      Paper Corporation
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
                or organization)
98-01-38030
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                Number)
16
th
Floor
250
                Howe Street
Vancouver
British
                Columbia, Canada V6C 3R8
Tel:
                604-654-4000
(Address,
                including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                registrant's principal executive offices)
Catalyst
      Paper Stock Option Plan
(Full
      title of the plan)
CT
      Corporation System
111
      Eighth Avenue, 13
th
Floor
New
      York, NY 10011
212-894-8700
(Name,
      Address, including Zip Code, and telephone number, including area code, of
      agent
      for service)
Copies
      to:
Kenneth
      R. Blackman, Esq.
Fried,
      Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One
      New York Plaza
New
      York, NY 10004
212-859-8000
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                  of Securities
to
                  be Registered
Amount
                  to be Registered (1)
Proposed
                  Maximum Offering Price Per
Share
Proposed
                  Maximum Aggregate
Offering
                  Price
Amount
                  of
Registration
                  Fee
Common
                  Shares, without par value
2,000,000
(2)
$3.20
                  (3)
$6,400,000
$196.48
(1)
Includes
                  such additional number of shares as may be required in the event
                  of a
                  stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction in accordance
                  with Rule
                  416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
                  Act").
(2)
Represents
                  shares available for future issuance under the Catalyst Paper Stock
                  Option
                  Plan.
(3)
Estimated
                    solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
                    accordance
                    with Rule 457(c) and 457(h)(1) based upon the average of the
                    high and low
                    prices of the Common Shares reported on the Toronto Stock Exchange
                    on May
                    29, 2007, converted into U.S. dollars based upon the exchange
                    rate of U.S.
                    $0.930 to C$1.00 on May 29,
                    2007.
EXPLANATORY
      NOTE
This
        Form
        S-8 Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to General Instruction
        E to
        Form S-8 to register 2,000,000 additional common shares (the "Common Shares")
        which may be offered pursuant to the Catalyst Paper Stock Option Plan (the
        "Plan").  Prior to the filing of this Registration Statement,
        10,000,000 Common Shares were registered pursuant to a Form S-8
        Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
        on
        February 14, 2007 (No. 333-140704).  The contents of that previously
        filed registration statement are incorporated herein by reference.
Item
                  3.
Incorporation
                    of Documents by Reference
In
          addition to the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration
          Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-140704), there is incorporated by reference
          into
          this Registration Statement the Form 6-K filed on February 28, 2007 (File
          No
.
000-49751).
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1*
Opinion
                    of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP regarding the legality of the
                    securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent
                    of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit
                    5.1).
23.2*
Consent
                    of KPMG LLP
24.1*
Power
                    of Attorney (included on the signature page).
_________________
*
filed
        herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly
      caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
      on this 29 day of May 2007.
CATALYST PAPER CORPORATION
By:   
                  /s/ Richard Garneau
Name:
Richard
                  Garneau
Title:
President
                  and Chief
Executive
                  Officer
POWER
      OF ATTORNEY
Each
        person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Valerie B.
        Seager
        and Peter M. Staiger, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney
        with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place
        and
        stead, in any and all such capacities, the Registration Statement and any
        and
        all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments and any additional
        registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8) and
        any
        documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities
        and
        Exchange Commission, each of said attorneys to have power to act with or
        without
        the other, and to have full power and authority to do and perform, in the
        name
        and on behalf of each such officer and director of the Registrant who shall
        have
        executed such a power of attorney, every act whatsoever which such attorneys,
        or
        any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection
        therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as such officer or director
        of the Registrant might or could do in person.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
        Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
        on the
        date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
                Richard Garneau
Richard
                  Garneau
President
                  and Chief Executive Officer and
May
                  29, 2007
Director
                  (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
                David Smales
David
                  Smales
Vice
                  President, Finance and Chief Financial
May
                  29, 2007
Officer
                  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
                Thomas S. Chambers
Thomas
                  S. Chambers
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Gary Collins
Gary
                  Collins
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Michael Desbiens
Michael
                  Desbiens
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Benjamin C. Duster, IV
Benjamin
                  C. Duster, IV
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Neal P. Goldman
Neal
                  P. Goldman
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Denis Jean
Denis
                  Jean
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Jeffrey Marshall
Jeffrey
                  Marshall
Director
May
                  29, 2007
/s/
                Amit Wadhwaney
Amit
                    Wadhwaney
Director
May
                  29, 2007
AUTHORIZED
      U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has
      been
      signed below on May 29
,
      2007 by
      the undersigned as the duly authorized representative of the Catalyst Paper
      Corporation in the United States.
CATALYST PAPER (USA) INC.
By:
/s/
                Tom Crowley
Name:
Tom
                  Crowley
Title:
President
Index
      to Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1*
Opinion
                  of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP regarding the legality of the
                  securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent
                  of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (included in Exhibit
                  5.1).
23.2*
Consent
                  of KPMG LLP
24.1*
Power
                  of Attorney (included on the signature page).
_________________
*
filed
      herewith