Forestry firms continue to send their investment dollars ...
VICTORIA — Forests Minister Katrine Conroy tried this week to put the best face on news of the closure of B.C.'s oldest paper mill. …
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dalhousie mill workers
Dalhousie mill closure: Province, town, and AbitibiBowater … 2019/08/19· The parties have agreed on a number of key points to help ensure the viability of the Town of Dalhousie and to help secure future employment prospects for mill workers.
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Don't let New Brunswick become 'lesser' with loss of ...
The company, which has received $625,000 from the province in the last couple of years, wants to start building the plant this year and start production in 2022, depending on feasibility studies,...
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City parks and beaches closed effective immediately - St ...
With the Province of Ontario ordering the closure of all outdoor recreational amenities, the City of St. Catharines will close all of its parks and beaches immediately. The closure comes as the nation, province and City work in unison to slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting social gatherings and practicing physical distancing.
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What is Dalhousie, New Brunswick known for?
(For information concerning the 2008 mill closure, see Economy section) The hilly town site was first laid out in 1826. thumb left 240px Past Industrial view of Dalhousie Until January 31, 2008, the economy was dominated by the forestry industry, namely a large pulp and paper mill spanning the waterfront along the Restigouche River. This mill ...
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dalhousie mill workers - nordcoffeetech.fr
Dalhousie mill closure: Province, town, and AbitibiBowater ... Dec 24, 2007· The parties have agreed on a number of key points to help ensure the viability of the Town of Dalhousie and to help secure future employment prospects for mill workers.
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Fears over future of B.C. forestry fundamentals ...
Paper Excellence had shut down two paper machines and restarted one, which employed 206 people, before announcing the mill's "indefinite" closure. Mackenzie has also lost more than 400 jobs ...
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Northern Pulp is demanding it be given "more than $100 ...
Northern Pulp — a Paper Excellence company that belongs ultimately to the billionaire corporate empire of the Widjaja family of Indonesia — is giving the Nova Scotia government two months notice that it intends to start legal proceedings to get "more than $100 million" from the province, which it claims represents the losses it has incurred because of the …
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A Mi'kmaq community's fears of toxic water recede as ...
It said it was forced to close Northern Pulp, the largest player in the province's forestry sector, affecting as many as 2,700 forestry-related jobs and 350 mill workers.
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More reliable Vancouver Island highway options highlighted ...
Overall, the Malahat Drive section of the Trans Canada Highway carries as many as 25,000 vehicles per day. Heavy flooding Monday (Nov. 15) washed out a single-lane section on the south end of the pass and led to a full closure of the roadway that night.
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Tolls lifted for Nova Scotia motorists on province's only ...
HALIFAX — The owner of an idled pulp mill in Nova Scotia's Pictou County is suing the province for damages it says occurred because of the premature closure of its operation. Paper Excellence, owner of Northern Pulp, filed a statement of claim in Nova Scotia Supreme Court Thursday, alleging it has lost income and potential profits because of ...
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Dalhousie copes with struggling economy | CBC News
Dalhousie's struggling economy. Dalhousie's giant power generating station has obstructed Everett Lavigne's view of the Bay of Chaleur for 40 years, still the retired mill worker is …
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COVID-19 Updates - St. Catharines
Please note, St. Catharines City Hall is currently open by appointment only. Some facilities remain closed to the public during COVID-19. While facilities are closed, you can still access City services by contacting us by phone at 906.688.5600 or by email at [email protected]. You can also view any service changes on this page.
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Belledune faces 'long road to recovery' after Brunswick ...
Clem Tremblay, the former mayor of Dalhousie, said the town has come a long way since the paper mill and chemical plant closed in 2008, putting about 450 people out of work. (Radio-Canada)
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Potash mine closure will impact Sussex for years: northern ...
Tremblay said Dalhousie had a population of 4,200 when the mill closed, with approximately 350 of them working at the mill. The town's population dropped by 4.5 per cent in the 2011 census and is now listed at 3,512.
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Without its mill, 'the town will die' - The Globe and Mail
A concern is that, after 2008, the community won't be able to rely on the $2-million in taxes paid locally by the mill, which accounts for nearly one-third of Dalhousie's budget.
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Northern Pulp advancing transformation plan, progressing ...
Total losses related to the early closure of the mill are estimated to exceed $450 million. The resolution of legal proceedings through a settlement is a critical component of Northern Pulp's plan to transform and re-start the mill.
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A brief history of the Dalhousie mill BY TIM JAQUES ...
The closure, which took effect 31 January 2008, leaves over 550 people unemployed in the small town of just over 3,600. The Dalhousie mill is a valuable asset to Canadian society, built up by the sweat, toil and skill of generations of working people. It is an asset that Bowater Maritime' should not be permitted to wreck.
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Holding it together: Study seeks to interview New ...
He had left the province for work after he lost his job when the paper mill in Dalhousie closed in 2008. With the closure of the Belledune smelter, Landry says he must leave his family and his 91-year-old mother "to find a good job."
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Dalhousie gets $12M to help economic transition | CBC …
Premier Shawn Graham announced on Thursday that Dalhousie will receive $8 million in funding from the federal government and $4 million from the province to establish a community action plan.
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Resolute Forest Products indefinitely idling pulp and ...
MONTREAL — Resolute Forest Products Inc. is indefinitely idling its pulp and paper operations at its mill in Calhoun, Tenn., affecting 350 employees. Tissue manufacturing and converting will continue at the site and the adjacent distribution centre will remain in full operation. The Montreal-based company says the mill lost US$62 million over the 12 months …
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For B.C.'s forestry industry, unpredictability expected to ...
2 At the same time, the province is seeing more sawmills and pulp mills close. Most recently, the paper mill closure in Powell River put 206 workers out of …
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After 75 years, the mill stops running | Published January ...
Dalhousie's paper mill will stop running today, signaling the end of an era that defined New Brunswick's northernmost town for more than 75 years. The paper-making machines that have been the engine of the region's economy will shut down for good as AbitibiBowater Inc. goes ahead with its permanent closure of the mill.
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Northern Pulp files lawsuit seeking damages from Nova ...
The province rejected the mill's proposed plan to pump the effluent into the Northumberland Strait, and after that announcement, the company confirmed the closure of its factory, eliminating 300 ...
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CBC New Brunswick - Take a tour of Dalhousie's new hydro ...
Uh where we have our new electrical uh turbine here installed in Dalhousie. Uh in 2,000 eight, the mill of the housey uh who built the Sharlo Dam and built the pipeline supplying the water third or mill uh when they closed uh that access water, we could not shut the valve off because we the town of the were utilizing one third of that water.
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Who owns Northern Pulp? The B.C. company embroiled in Nova ...
Prior to the closure of Northern Pulp — and a second mill in Mackenzie, B.C. — it was producing 1.6 million tonnes of pulp per year. The company is owned by Jackson Widjaja, the grandson of the late Eka Tjipta Widjaja — a Chinese-Indonesian billionaire who founded Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the world's largest pulp and paper ...
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$1 device developed in Halifax that helps detect COVID-19 ...
A $1 device developed at Dalhousie University that can detect COVID-19 in wastewater has been shipped across Canada and around the world to help researchers and public health in the battle against ...
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Dalhousie mill closure: Province, town, and AbitibiBowater ...
Dalhousie mill closure: Province, town, and AbitibiBowater to work co-operatively December 24, 2007 By Pulp & Paper Canada FREDERICTON, NB — Premier Shawn Graham, Natural Resources Minister Donald Arseneault and Dalhousie Mayor Clem Trem…
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What's actually behind closure of nine sugar mills in ...
"ISLAMABAD: The Sindh government must explain the reasons behind the closure of nine sugar mills in the province, which is resulting in a major shortage of the commodity in the province. If the country's sugar production were higher by about 200,000 tons, the …
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Dalhousie University switching to mandatory proof of ...
Dalhousie University said Wednesday it will start requiring full proof of COVID-19 vaccination from all faculty, staff and students in the winter term that begins in January. Most people on campus have provided proof of full vaccination. The university policy had been that people who didn't provide that proof had to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test twice a week.
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