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EDITOR’S LETTER

his is a very special editorial note to
write because it allows me the great

privilege of welcoming the young-

T est member of the BEC team to this

world. In early March, our publisher and his wife

welcomed their first child, a healthy boy named

Aiden.

Our cover story features the Town of Mara-

thon, ON. With its origins as a company town—

Marathon was the name of the pulp and paper

company which operated in the town for de-

cades—Marathon is now setting its sights on

diversification.

da was forged after its Hershey Chocolate plant

The town’s dormant mill site is now a prime in- shut down.

dustrial site, one which the Town thinks would
be beneficial to a number of sectors from new

and advanced Forestry biomass, to Aquacul- It’s the kind of story that will grant our next gen-

ture. eration of Canadians the opportunity for growth

and prosperity.
It’s a story we’ve seen time and again in this

country; a major industry shuts down, be it the

cod industry, oil, mining, and the town leans on
its determination and grit to write a new chap-

ter for itself. We are reminded of Smiths Falls,

whose identity as the cannabis capital of Cana-

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