An unpaid tax bill in a small town on Vancouver Island is bringing the community to a financial brink and leading to drastic cutbacks.
Port Alice, on the northern tip of the island, is struggling to meet municipal costs after the biggest employer in the one industry town, Neucel Specialty Cellulose, failed to meet the July 31 tax deadline.
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“What went through my mind was actually terror on how we were going to continue to pay our debts to operate the village,”
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