THE PLAN TO PIPE EFFLUENT FROM THE NORTHERN PULP MILL INTO THE NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT IS DIVIDING THE COMMUNITY OF PICTOU, PITTING NEIGHBOUR AGAINST NEIGHBOUR AND FISHERMEN AGAINST MILL WORKERS. Full story: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/battle-for-the-mill/

The provincial and federal environment ministers will be receiving lots of letters after a well-attended open house on Saturday organized by Friends of the Northumberland Strait. Approximately 300 people were at the No Pipe Open House throughout the afternoon, which was held at the Northumberland Fisheries Museum in Pictou and included the opportunity to sign letters addressed to each government that call for a rejection of Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment facility

Allan MacCarthy at the Northumberland Fisheries Museum on Saturday. - Fram Dinshaw NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Hefty catches of crabs, lobsters and scallops are the backbone of Allan MacCarthy’s livelihood. But MacCarthy fears Northern Pulp’s planned effluent pipe into the Northumberland Strait could be the death knell for local fisheries. Many others shared his fears, as more than 100 people crammed into the Northumberland Fisheries Museum where local author and journalist Joan Baxt

The Northern Pulp plant at Abercrombie Point, Pictou County, N.S. -The Chronicle Herald Several environmental groups on P.E.I. are organizing a public meeting to inform Islanders about the Abercrombie Northern Pulp Mill’s proposal to discharge effluent into the Northumberland Strait. The Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association with the support of Pictou Landing First Nation and the Maritime Fishermen’s Union, is opposed to the proposed effluent treatment and disposal sys

Christine Skirth, a project manager with GHD Consulting, explains some of the finer points of a remediation process planned for Boat Harbour, at the Pictou Landing fire hall on Wednesday evening. - Sam Macdonald PICTOU LANDING Residents of Pictou Landing were updated Wednesday about plans to clean up Boat Harbour, and those attending had a lot of questions about how the remediation will work. Guests at a consultation at the Pictou Landing fire hall were told the government is