The owner of a decades-old, family-operated maple farm says he's worried a proposed nearby gravel pit will destroy his business and any opportunity he might have to pass it down to future generations.
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Tim Schruder, who lives right next to the site of the proposed gravel pit, stands in front of Barbers Lake. (Nicole Williams/CBC)
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