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Author: Patrick White
Publication Date: November 20, 2024 - 05:30

Canada’s largest bottled water producer to pull out of Ontario

November 20, 2024
Canada’s biggest bottled-water producer has not yet revealed why it is pulling out of Ontario ahead of its permit renewal, though water activists are hailing the abrupt retreat as the culmination of nearly 20 years of protest.BlueTriton Brands Inc., formerly owned by Nestle SA, sells Poland Spring, Pure Life, Canadian Springs and other water brands that collectively hold roughly 14 per cent of the Canadian market. It announced last week that it will wind down its Ontario operations by the end of January and sell a Guelph-area bottling plant that has been a lightning-rod for advocates who say aquifers shouldn’t be drained for corporate profit.

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