The Grassy Narrows tribe and the devastation of mercury poisoning January 27th, 2017. The Crisis Between the years of 1962 and 1970 the Dryden Paper Mill, owned by Reed Ltd, dumped close to 10 tons of toxic waste in the Wabigoon River.
Read moreThe son of a mill manager, Bush lived at 130 Earl Street in Dryden during the time his father held that job. The house, built around 1950, was specifically designed and constructed for the ...
Read moreThe announcement took place at the Domtar Pulp Mill in Dryden, Ontario. The Domtar Pulp Mill has received $20,000 through the Canada Job Grant (with the employer investing an additional $11,500 in the training for a total of $31,500) to train nine employees in the area of supervision.
Read moreDear Prime Minister, You and I are neighbours. We both live near the south shore of the Ottawa River, in the watershed that is the unceded territory of the Algonquins and other Indigenous peoples.
Read morePrime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a boost Tuesday to a new cross-sectoral group of business leaders, labour, non-governmental organizations, government and academics who want to accelerate Canada's transition to a high-efficiency, low carbon economy.
Read moreIt is the largest investment in a pulp mill in Canada since 1993. The project will generate 1.2 million in person hours of construction work over two phases – equivalent to a …
Read moreSource: Government of Canada – MIL OSI National News. WINDSOR, QUEBEC — The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and Member of Parliament for Compton—Stanstead, Quebec, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Carr, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, will make an industrial clean energy innovation funding announcement.
Read moreAs the Prime Minister meets with premiers from across the country today on the issue of climate change, the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is calling for strong leadership and smart policies so the forest sector can do its part to support the transition to a low carbon economy.
Read moreDRYDEN, ON — The ratification process begins this week for a proposed collective agreement for members of Unifor who work in Domtar's pulp mill at Dryden and in the woodlands operations.
Read moreA. Anne McLellan, PC OC AOE (born August 31, 1950, in Noel, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian academic and politician.She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin, serving most recently as Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.In 2015, she was appointed chancellor of Dalhousie University.
Read moreGrassy Narrows chief wants Trudeau to commit to mercury cleanup. The Grassy Narrows community has dealt with toxic pollution since a paper mill in Dryden, Ont., dumped thousands of kilograms of ...
Read moreDomtar is the largest integrated marketer and manufacturer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America with recognized brands such as Cougar®, Lynx® Opaque Ultra, Husky® Opaque Offset, First Choice®, EarthChoice® and Xerox® Paper and Specialty Media.
Read moreTurbine project complete at Domtar. By Chris Marchand Shortly after Prime Minister Stephen Harper's appearance at Dryden's 2010 Centennial Airshow, the PM was spirited off to Domtar for a $22.7 million announcement that would help…
Read moreThe Honourable Pierre Poilievre, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Honourable Greg Rickford, Member of Parliament for Kenora and Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, will announce job training support for Domtar Dryden Pulp Mill.
Read moreDomtar's Dryden pulp and paper operations have come up with an award-winning apprenticeship program to produce a high-skilled unionized workforce capable of multi-tasking at many jobs. In May, the mill was provincially recognized as a business leader in supporting apprenticeship training by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Read moreIn 1943, Weston bought the E.B. Eddy Company, a major employer in the capital for more than a century, from its owner, R.B. Bennett, a former prime minister of Canada. Three years later, he added the J.R. Booth Company's fine-paper mill to his holdings, …
Read moreStephen Harper is elected as prime minister and opens the doors for corporate development in respect to the Islands. 14 2007: Domtar closes their paper mill operation. 2010: The City of Ottawa endorses Grandfather Commanda's Asinabka Plan. 15
Read moreARCHIVED - 2010 News Releases; ARCHIVED - 2010 News Releases. ... Government of Canada Investing in Environmental Improvements at Hinton Pulp Mill Government of Canada Delivering a Smarter, Stronger, More Sustainable Future for Canada's Forest Sector ... (released by the Office of the Prime Minister) Backgrounder: Domtar Dryden Mill; May 21.
Read morethe prime minister of Canada, some MPs and some senators," says Randall Crowe, an Oshkaatisak Council member. "We presented the youth ... The Draft CP will be available on the MNRF public website at ontario.ca/forestplans and at the Domtar Inc. office, the MNRF Dryden District Office in Dryden and the MNRF Ignace Area Office, by appointment ...
Read moreThe Durham District School Board (DDSB; known as English-language Public District School Board No. 13 prior to 1999) is an Anglophone, secular public school board in Ontario, Canada.The DDSB serves most of the Regional Municipality of Durham, except for schools within the Municipality of Clarington, which belongs to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board.
Read moreDomtar's plan to optimize fluff pulp manufacturing at its Plymouth, N.C., mill includes the permanent closure of the small pulp dryer and idling of related assets, in addition to a workforce reduction of approximately 100 positions.
Read moreThe Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Glen Murray, said the hidden source of contamination has been difficult to locate and Domtar, the current mill owner, has been required to monitor the site.
Read moreThe prime minister of Canada seems to like the Kenora Riding. Stephen Harper was in Dryden on Saturday for the airshow. It was his fifth visit to the riding in the past three years.
Read moreHull is the central district and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa .
Read moreThe Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that federal ministers would work closely with the Ontario government and the affected First Nations to come to grips with the problem and to figure ...
Read moreBy Chris Marchand. Shortly after Prime Minister Stephen Harper's appearance at Dryden's 2010 Centennial Airshow, the PM was spirited off to Domtar for a $22.7 million announcement that would help Domtar's Dryden mill achieve a higher energy self-sufficiency
Read moreThe Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada estimates about 7,500 jobs have been cut at mills from Newfoundland to British Columbia in the latest industry downsizing. In a statement, the union called on Prime Minister-designate Stephen Harper to urgently address what it called a crisis in Canada's forestry sector.
Read moreIn February 2013, after consultation, research, completion of the study, and unanimous sign-off of the HCD by property owners, Ottawa City Council voted in favour of the official designation of Heritage Conservation District for Briarcliffe, Canada's first HCD of mid-century modern architecture.
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