# Robert Frigault

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'''Robert Frigault''' (born 1971) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) cyber-activist, publisher/writer<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningmoncton/2011/01/a-new-virtual-theatre.html | title=CBC &#124; Information Morning Moncton &#124; Archives &#124; A New Virtual Theatre}}</ref> and entrepreneur who was active against [Bennett Environmental](/source/Bennett_Environmental) Inc.'s plans to operate a soil incinerator designed to treat soils contaminated with [PCBs](/source/PCBs), [PCP](/source/Pentachlorophenol)s, pesticides and chlorinated organic compounds. In 2004, Frigault created the [web portal](/source/web_portal) stopbennett.com to help concerned residents of Northern [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) stop the company from operating its incinerator in [Belledune](/source/Belledune), located in the [Baie des Chaleurs](/source/Baie_des_Chaleurs) region of the province. The portal garnered over 10,000 signatures for a petition that was delivered to [Bernard Lord](/source/Bernard_Lord), former [Premier](/source/Premier)  of New Brunswick.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Frigault was born in [Bathurst, New Brunswick](/source/Bathurst%2C_New_Brunswick). After spending most of his career as a marketer of both [enterprise software](/source/enterprise_software) and travel products in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Montreal](/source/Montreal) and [Boston](/source/Boston), Frigault returned to Bathurst in 2007 to serve as President of NU Exchange, Inc., and to pursue his dream of establishing an edible [forest garden](/source/forest_gardening) based on the pioneering work of [Robert Hart](/source/Robert_Hart_(horticulturist)) in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1398364 |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 May 2011 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321220811/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1398364 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The edible forest is located at Stonefly Acres, a {{convert|100|acre|km2|adj=on}} private property outside of the city of Bathurst.

In March 2009, Frigault co-founded [nthWORD](/source/nthWORD), an online arts & culture magazine.<ref name="con">{{cite web |title=Welcome to the Age of Convergence |url=http://nthword.com/convergence.php |publisher=nthWORD |access-date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324015653/http://nthword.com/convergence.php |archive-date=24 March 2009}}</ref>

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