Boats are docked at Pier C in Pictou where a vessel surveying the proposed route for Northern Pulp’s effluent pipe was forced by fishermen to return to port on Tuesday. - SUEANN MUSICK THE NEWS Fishermen opposed to Northern Pulp’s plans to pump treated effluent into local waters say the company’s new route isn’t any better than the last and showcased their opposition by forcing a survey boat back to shore. On Tuesday — the day after Northern Pulp met with stakeholders over th

A Mi’kmaq fisherman arrives in Pictou Harbour to protest the pulp mill’s plan to dump millions of litres of effluent daily into the ocean. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan Justin Trudeau likes to say he’s a torchbearer for the environment. The prime minister also claims he’s a champion of Indigenous peoples. And he is every bit of that — on paper. But he risks becoming the Pontius Pilate of the Environment and another double-talking Indian agent if he doesn’t change his tune