The province has announced a review of the way that claims of occupational illness are dealt with by the WSIB

By mid-2018, other than a small portion of space leased to BWXT Nuclear, the 44-acre General Electric Canada factory complex in Peterborough will be occupied by 50 employees.

Several hundred former employees of CGE and their families are fighting for compensation for what they say are illnesses caused by exposure to toxic chemicals.

From the 1950s to the 1970s, when its workforce stood at over 6000, CGE and its employees had a huge impact on the community outside of the workplace.

In the late 19th century, the Edison General Electric Company from Schenectady, N.Y., was interested in expanding its Canadian operations. Demand for electrical apparatus had swamped a small Edison factory in Sherbrooke, Que., so the search was on for a new facility. The city of Peterborough expressed an interest in hosting the new facility, offering...