'It looked like paradise': Mi'kmaw elders reflect on how paper mill pollution changed their community

The shutdown ofthe Northern Pulp paper mill in Pictou, N.S.,on Fridaycould meanthepainful end of an era for workers at the mill and in the province'sforestry industry. Butfor the Mi'kmaw community of Pictou Landing First Nation, the mill'sclosure marks anew beginning.

Boat Harbour, the lagoonwhere the mill's chemical-laced wastewater has beendumped for 53 years,is in the community's backyard. It's known asA'se'kto the Mi'kmaq.

This feature video from CBC Indigenous explores the impact the pollution has had on the community and its eldersandhow theiradvocacy for theland and water resulted in change.