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An intense legal battle between Husky Injection Molding and its founder shuts down plastics plant in Moose Deer Point First Nation

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Niigon factory's quality technician Tory Cress, from Beausoleil First Nation, checks some plastic tubes for defects on a polarized light table, in Moose Deer Point First Nation, MacTier, Ont., Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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A worker at the Niigon plastics factory controls a plastic injection machine in Moose Deer Point First Nation, MacTier, Ont., Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Peter Kendall, director of Niigon Technologies Ltd., holds a plastic piece produced at Niigon factory.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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A view of the interior of Niigon plastic factory on Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Ms. Cress checks some plastic tubes with a magnifying glass at the quality lab of the factory.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Ms. Cress checks some plastic tubes for defects on a polarized light table.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Ms. Cress checks some plastic tubes for defects on a polarized light table.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Ms. Cress works at the quality lab of Niigon factory on Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Ms. Cress examines a pre-form under a magnifying glass at the quality lab of Niigon factory.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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A worker walks inside Niigon plastics factory in Moose Deer Point First Nation in MacTier, Ont., Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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A plastic injection machine at Niigon factory drops plastic pre-forms that will be used to make plastic bottles.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Director of Niigon Technologies Ltd., Peter Kendall, poses behind one of the plastic injection machines at Niigon factory in Moose Deer Point First Nation in MacTier, Ont., Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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A worker of Niigon plastics factory examines a pre-form under a magnifying glass at the quality lab of the factory on Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Warehouse assistant Sarah Middlebrooks sits at the cafeteria of Niigon plastic factory.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Niigon factory exterior at Moose Deer Point First Nation in MacTier, Ont., Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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Interior of the childcare Binooji House in Moose Deer Point First Nation in MacTier, Ont., Aug. 4, 2013.Gloria Nieto/The Globe and Mail

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