Lilydale is going to close its chicken-processing plant in Calgary.
Local residents are cheering because they have been complaining for decades about putrid odours from the plant located in a downtown area.
The plant has been in operation there since 1943.
The city has bought the site for its Light Rapid Transit (LRT) system, but in the short term will use it as a police training facility.
Sofina Foods, which owns Lilydale, plans to build in an industrial area in Calgary’s Southeastern area.
