Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
63/100
Global News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A pulp mill that’s the backbone of a rural New Brunswick community’s local economy is facing a closure that will impact hundreds of workers.
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that → ’ → workers
AV Group NB Inc., a subsidiary of the India-based Aditya Birla Group, announced Thursday it would temporarily idle its AV Nackawic facility west of Fredericton around the end of October.
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it → base → October
AV Group says about 350 workers will be out of work, and attributed the decision to “prevailing market conditions” and other challenges.
“Nackawic has been challenging for a number of years.
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Nackawic → say → years
This was not a flippant decision by any means,” said Mike Legere, AV Group’s director of government relations and communications.
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Legere → say → relations
“There is presently a surplus of dissolving-grade pulp on the marketplace, which compounds the problem in terms of trying to get a higher price realization, and really the price for it is stable, but is not at all keeping up with production costs.”
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price → be → costs
Nackawic-Millville Mayor Tim Fox says the news isn’t surprising since there was already a slowdown in wood deliveries to the mill last month.
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news → say → mill
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“(We) started having some concerns in August when they stopped purchasing roundwood, so it’s not a huge shock, although we are disappointed that they took the decision they did,” he said.
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he → get → decision
The mayor added it’s an uneasy time for their community, and the province’s forestry industry at large.
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it → add → community
“It’s no secret the global forest industry is not great right now.
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industry → ’ → ?
There is a lot of uncertainty, and that plays heavily into the decisions that were made,” Fox said.
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Fox → be → decisions
Unifor, the union representing 228 of the 350 impacted workers, says it believes action could have been taken much sooner on the issue.
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action → represent → issue
“It’s a sector that ought to have been planning for the future and modernizing what that would look like.
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that → ’ → what
Unfortunately, in this mill, that didn’t happen,” said Jennifer Murray, Unifor’s Atlantic regional director.
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Murray → happen → mill
“There is no space to shut this mill down and think it is going to restart again.”
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it → be → mill
Natural Resources Minister John Herron issued a statement saying he was “disappointed and saddened” by the news.
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he → issue → news
He called it a “difficult day for New Brunswick.”
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He → call → Brunswick
“AV Nackawic is an important cornerstone in New Brunswick’s forest industry, in the local community, and to our province’s economy,” he wrote.
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he → write → economy
Premier Susan Holt wrote in a social media post that she and her team have been in contact with community leaders and Unifor, and are putting a support plan in place.
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she → write → place
“Teams across government are working together to make sure people have access to the support they need, and we will share more in the coming days.
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we → work → days
Your government has your back,” she wrote.
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she → have → back
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