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

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 harvesters in the Maritimes say they will not accept the proposed plan by the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou to pump up to 85 million litres of treated effluent a day through a 10-kilometre-long pipe directly into the Northumberland Strait. They say they have reached an impasse and will no longer meet with the mill unless it comes up with an alternati

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

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 pipeline issue. “There are questions on what’s in the effluent, and that’s a big question for all of us,” said Jill Graham-Scanlan. “We question the reliability of Northern Pulp’s information (and) their science.” Northern Pulp, under orders from the provincial government to find a replacement for the Boat Harbour Treatment Facility by 2020, w

Commentary: Taxpayers on hook forever for Northern Pulp

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 harvesters in the Maritimes say they will not accept the proposed plan by the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou to pump up to 85 million litres of treated effluent a day through a 10-kilometre-long pipe directly into the Northumberland Strait. They say they have reached an impasse and will no longer meet with the mill unless it comes up with an alternati

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

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 session of the legislature. “Northern Pulp’s proposal to pump effluent onto prime fishing grounds in the Northumberland Strait is a threat to the future of the fisheries,” she said. “There’s been a commercial fishery going on in the Northumberland Strait for 150 years and there’s been a First Nations fishery — food fishery — going on for much lo

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

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 Fisheries and Agriculture Keith Colwell know that Northern Pulp’s proposal to discharge pulp effluent into the Northumberland Strait does not fit with the Nova Scotia Pure branding he is promoting. “We cannot see how the government can promote the Nova Scotia Pure brand and at the same time seriously consider letting Northern Pulp dump 70 millio

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

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 proposed new effluent plant in Pictou County, N.S. As part of the senate’s modernization efforts, ongoing for the past two years, the senate regularly invites one minister for a special 40-minute question period where senators can ask the minister any questions related to their departmental responsibilities. On Tuesday, federal Fisheries Min

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

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 effluent pipe into the Northumberland Strait. Steve Goodwin photo The president of the Northumberland Fishermen’s Association is “very concerned” about a proposed effluent pipe from Northern Pulp in Pictou County out into the Northumberland Strait. “We are adamant it’s not going to happen,” said Ron Heighton, from his home in River John. Heighton

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

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 treatment facility in Nova Scotia. (Jessica Doria-Brown) A legislative committee hearing in Charlottetown was packed to overflowing on Friday for a presentation about the potential impact of a wastewater treatment plant in Nova Scotia on P.E.I.'s fishing industry. Representatives from Northern Pulp delivered the presentation on the treatmen

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

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 Pictou County. The changes mean that fishermen may only hold one licence for each species and must make their own catches, taking wealth away from big fishing corporations in favour of local independent owner-operators. That’s according to Ronnie Heighton, a River John fisherman and president of the Northumberland Fishermen’s Association. “You ca

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

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 environmental assessment, the government will not gain the public's trust. (CBC) Another Pictou County MLA is raising concerns about Northern Pulp's proposal to discharge treated effluent from the mill directly into the Northumberland Strait. This week, Tim Houston, the MLA for Pictou East and a leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservati