Blog

friends of the.png

Recent Posts

Archive

Tags

Battle For The Mill

No Pipe Open House Draws A Crowd

No Pipe Open House Draws A Crowd

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

Mill's planned effluent pipe is 'not going in' to the Northumberland Strait – local fish

Mill's planned effluent pipe is 'not going in' to the Northumberland Strait – local fish

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

P.E.I. groups opposed to Northern Pulp effluent proposal holding public meeting April 8

P.E.I. groups opposed to Northern Pulp effluent proposal holding public meeting April 8

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

Pictou Landing residents discuss potential remediation

Pictou Landing residents discuss potential remediation

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