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Lumber giant West Fraser Mills faces environmental charges in Alberta

FILE -- Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
FILE -- Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009. Jonathan Hayward, The Canadian Press

The Alberta government has charged a pulp mill with several offences under the Environmental Protection Act.

West Fraser Mills in Hinton faces a total of six charges after the release of a substance in September 2014 that allegedly wasn’t immediately reported to Alberta Environment.

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The company also faces one charge of failing to follow safety rules while unloading a chemical from a truck.

Officials with Alberta Environment will not say what the substance was because the matter is now before the courts.

The first court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 19 in Hinton.

The company calls itself one of North America’s largest lumber companies with 40 mills across Western Canada and the southern United States.

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