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Tide kills periwinkle picker; another hurt

One man was killed and a second was hospitalized when they were caught by the tide while picking periwinkles off Grand Manan's Castalia Marsh on February 19. Sanjaya Gurung, 39, died, while his companion is recovering. The men were employed by Benson Lobster; both were from Nepal.

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Peroxide leak occurs at Woodland Pulp mill

Second mill worker dies from gas exposure

A second worker at the Woodland Pulp mill has died following exposure to a toxic gas on January 27. Allen Hornberger, 26, had been hospitalized in critical condition for nearly three weeks before succumbing on February 17. Hornberger, who lived in Lee ...

Worker dies after exposure to gas at Woodland Pulp mill

A student intern working at the Woodland Pulp mill has died and another worker was critically injured following exposure to a toxic gas at the mill's bleach plant on Tuesday, January 27, when the mill was in the process of shutting operations down because of a large spike in natural gas prices.

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