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Old 03-01-2015, 10:47 AM
 
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Chain smoking, hard drinking, near illiterates traded the health of their community for good paying jobs at pulp plants like Domtar. One person told me that when he moved to Cornwall the rain sometimes had an odd texture to it and that the snow when it fell sometimes wasn’t white. It was that bad.

Is Cornwall Ontario the Cancer Capital of Canada by Jamie Gilcig – FEB 24, 2015 | The Cornwall Free News
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Old 03-01-2015, 11:33 AM
 
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You'll be happy to know they shut the pulp and paper mill in March of 2006.
DOMTAR: Five years later - Memories still fresh | Cornwall Standard Freeholder
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