The Northern Pulp mill is seen in Abercrombie Point in 2014, with the Town of Pictou in the background. - File - The Chronicle Herald Northern Pulp denies duplicity and assures proposed effluent treatment facility will be up to standard Northern Pulp’s public statements about its new proposed effluent treatment plan appear to be at odds with statements made between the company’s technical manager, consultants and the province according to environmental lawyer, Jamie Simpson.

The province is yet to release information about a leak from Northern Pulp's effluent treatment pipe on Oct. 21. (Nic Meloney/CBC) A group opposing a plan to pump millions of litres of treated effluent through a pipeline into the Northumberland Strait is calling on the Nova Scotia government to answer questions about an Oct. 21 leak from the existing system operated by Northern Pulp. Friends of the Northumberland Strait issued a news release Tuesday saying its membership is f