Province says it needs more details to make decision on Northern Pulp effluent plan
Caribou Island fisherman Allan MacCarthy said he was pleased with the minister's decision. (Allison Devereaux/CBC) The Nova Scotia government says it doesn't have enough information about the potential environmental impact of a new effluent treatment facility for the Northern Pulp mill to allow the project to proceed at this time. "I did not make this decision lightly," Environment Minister Margaret Miller told a news conference Friday. "It was very clear that, in the end, th