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

Cover photo: “Point D,” where treated Northern Pulp wastewater currently flows from Boat Harbour into the Northumberland Strait, just a few hundred metres from Pictou Landing First Nation. For Joan Baxter's full story visit: https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/northern-pulps-environmental-documents-missing-mercury-a-pulp-mill-that-never-was-and-oodles-of-contradictions/?fbclid=IwAR13q_4shI_Knm_qvDcwUAXOd53AEz5xkDv0dDZ7f1coLPWJuBL9FQ9A8Dc#What%E2%80%99s%20buried%20at