Rotting fish-sauce plant whose stench torments Newfoundland town will be cleaned up / City News / Toronto
Monday, June 16, 2025, 5:20 am permalink
In St. Mary’s, residents have battled a decades-long stench from an abandoned fish-sauce plant that tormented the community with its persistent, foul odor. Authorities have finally scheduled a cleanup, promising relief from the longstanding olfactory offense and restoring a sense of normalcy to a town long resigned to its smelly saga.
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