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    Nova Scotia First Nation starts official countdown on Boat Harbour
    The chronicle Herald
    • Jan 29, 2019

    Nova Scotia First Nation starts official countdown on Boat Harbour

    PICTOU, N.S. — A Nova Scotia First Nation is taking a pointedly direct approach to ensuring that a highly polluted waste water treatment facility on its land is shut down. Under legislation passed in 2015, the provincial government has committed to closing the Boat Harbour facility by Jan. 31, 2020 — one year from this week — and the Pictou Landing First Nation plans to mark the beginning of an official countdown on Thursday. The First Nation, which is near Pictou, N.S., has
    Lack of public consultation ahead of Northern Pulp’s submission of Environmental assessment sparks b
    Brendan Ahern, The News
    • Jan 16, 2019

    Lack of public consultation ahead of Northern Pulp’s submission of Environmental assessment sparks b

    Northern Pulp’s decision not to hold public consultations before filing its environmental assessment has received blowback from groups representing Northumberland fishermen. In a statement issued from Friends of the Northumberland Strait, the group decries the company’s decision, stating that, "Concerned citizens and fishermen say they are appalled that Northern Pulp does not plan to hold any open houses or public consultation before filing for environmental assessment.” The
    ‘Nothing lives in Boat Harbour’: Pictou Landing First Nation Chief Andrea Paul seeks allies on Picto
    Adam MacInnis, The New Glasgow News
    • Jan 9, 2019

    ‘Nothing lives in Boat Harbour’: Pictou Landing First Nation Chief Andrea Paul seeks allies on Picto

    PICTOU COUNTY, N.S. — Pictou Landing First Nation Chief Andrea Paul never had the opportunity to see Boat Harbour before a dam was put in place changing it from a tidal estuary into a treatment facility, but she’s heard the stories from elders in the community. Boat Harbour was once a place the people trusted. When they were hungry, they found food there. When they were sick, they sought natural remedies at the shoreline and when people came and tried to take away the childre

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