• Vessel brings partial return of Bowater workers

  March 24, 2009 - 17 h 05

  A large ship at the AbitibiBowater wharf last week meant work for some laid off employees.

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• AbitibiBowater confirms TSX Delisting Review

  March 23, 2009 - 17 h 32

  An AbitibiBowater press release on the company's internet site confirmed today (March 23) that its common shares (TSX: ABH) and the exchangeable shares of AbitibiBowater Canada Inc. (TSX: AXB) are under delisting review by the Toronto Stock...

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• Bowater union alleges hiring practises endanger workers and waste money

  March 4, 2009 - 14 h 38

  Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd. has been increasing the number of managers while failing to honour a previous agreement that is allegedly endangering employees at the Brooklyn plant, says Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 141...

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  Fire burns at Western Head auto salvage pile up

  February 26, 2009 - 17 h 22

  Most Liverpool Volunteer Fire Department vehicles and firefighters were called into service shortly before 5 p.m. Feb. 26 to put out a fire engulfing seven or eight vehicles at Western Head Auto. No gas, oil or chemicals were left in the vehicles....

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• Resort asks what recession?

  February 20, 2009 - 6 h 03

  Someone forgot to tell the staff at White Point Beach Resort the world is experiencing a recession.

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• Worried employees return to Bowater Mersey

  January 26, 2009 - 8 h 58

  News about Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd. isn’t as black and white as a newspaper, according to Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) Local 141 President Courtney Wentzell.

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• Binding Success

  December 18, 2008 - 13 h 22

  Liverpool resident Beverly Wong-Kleinjan’s commute to work doesn’t take very long. In fact, it’s just down the hall. However her products end up all over the world.

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• Employees at profitable Bowater plant shocked by shutdown

  December 1, 2008 - 15 h 39

  Courtney Wentzell, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 141 President, was as shocked today (Dec. 1) as anyone to learn AbitibiBowater Inc. is shutting down the “profitable” Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd. mill in...

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• Bowater Mersey shutting down for five weeks

  December 1, 2008 - 13 h 49

  Employees at Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd. in Brooklyn, Queens Co. learned today (Dec. 1) the AbitibiBowater Inc. newsprint mill would be shutdown for five weeks starting four days before Christmas.

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• Computer related fraud charges in Queens

  September 23, 2008 - 10 h 59

  On August 31, the Queens RCMP detachment received a report of computer fraud that occurred within Queens Co. As a result of the investigation Kevin George Miller of Liverpool has been charged under the Criminal Code for Fraud under $5,000.

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Other news

• September 2, 2008 Local man reminisces about building of Mersey Paper Mill
• August 8, 2008 More Bowater cuts?
• March 18, 2008 Pointless AbitibiBowater merger?
• February 12, 2008 Bowater job cuts difficult in busy mill
• December 14, 2007 Bowater talks continue despite fear
• December 14, 2007 Bowater workers are productive - Wentzell
• December 6, 2007 Bowater has serious competitive issues
• November 30, 2007 UPDATE - Bowater Mersey plant spared for now
• November 29, 2007 Bowater Mersey Paper Co. in Queens survives 30-day review
• November 21, 2007 Considering the needs of employers
• November 9, 2007 Aquaculture site destroyed during Noel
• November 4, 2007 Abitibi-Bowater merger now complete
• October 15, 2007 New logo and plans for South Queens Chamber of Commerce
• August 18, 2007 Eyewitness account debated over aquaculture farm
• August 16, 2007 Region of Queens’ Economic Director retiring