February - 2018

Feb 28, 2018

OP-ED: Protection for the pulp mill – and not the people?

Their message is simple: “#nopipe.” Fishers from the Pictou Landing First Nation and fishermen’s groups representing about 3,000...

Feb 28, 2018

Group asks Westville council’s support in Northern Pulp pipeline issue

A group of women whose partners fish the Northumberland Strait asked Westville council to lobby on their behalf over the Northern Pulp...

Feb 28, 2018

Commentary: Taxpayers on hook forever for Northern Pulp

Their message is simple: “#nopipe.” Fishers from the Pictou Landing First Nation and fishermen’s groups representing about 3,000...

Feb 27, 2018

VIDEO/STORY: Liberals taken to task on poverty, environment in day of protest

Friends of The Northumberland Strait's Nicole MacKenzie speaks to The Chronicle Herald at Rise Up Rally on the opening of the spring...

Feb 26, 2018

Fishermen say pulp effluent does not fit with Nova Scotia Pure branding

A delegation of fishermen from Pictou County gathered outside the Halifax Convention Centre on Friday to let Nova Scotia Minister of...

Feb 24, 2018

P.E.I. senator questions federal minister over pulp effluent

FILE PHOTO: Dianne Griffin. ©THE GUARDIAN P.E.I. Senator Diane Griffin is keeping the heat on the federal minister of fisheries over the...

Feb 20, 2018

Local fisherman adamant effluent pipe into strait won’t go ahead

Close to 60 people gathered at the Northumberland Fisheries Museum recently to hear concerns over Northern Pulp’s plan to extend an...

Feb 16, 2018

P.E.I. MLAs question N.S. pulp mill officials over wastewater plan

Representatives from Northern Pulp appeared before P.E.I.'s Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries to discuss the new wastewater...

Feb 9, 2018

Changes to act mean more fishing wealth headed back to Pictou County

A local fisherman is cheering proposed reforms to the federal Fisheries Act that he says will bring more industry profits back into...

Feb 2, 2018

PC leadership candidate calls for longer look at Northern Pulp's effluent plan

PC MLA and leadership candidate Tim Houston sent a letter to the provincial environment minister in which he said without a Class 2...