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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Morris

Fish sauce, anyone? A small town in Canada's east is finally getting rid of a foul smell

Canada Abandoned Fish Sauce - (Elling Lien/The Canadian Press via AP)

The townspeople of St. Mary's can breathe a sigh of relief. They are finally getting rid of the foul smell of rotten fish that has for years — when the wind blows their way — wafted over their tiny community in Canada 's easternmost province.

And the culprit for the unpleasant odor that has vexed the picturesque town of about 300 people in Newfoundland and Labrador?

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