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Westville urges caution to Northern Pulp

Deputy Mayor Lynn MacDonald expressed concerns about effluent release into Northumberland Strait WESTVILLE Westville council is drafting...

Fishermen bring concerns to county council about Northern Pulp proposal

PICTOU - Two important industries in Pictou County are headed for a collision and something needs to be done to stop the explosion, says...

P.E.I. taking ‘dire concerns’ about Northern Pulp effluent to federal fisheries minister

P.E.I. Fisheries Minister Alan McIsaac: "We cannot have this effluent coming from that plant going into the waters that could affect not...

Dirty Dealings

NORTHERN PULP MILL AND THE PROVINCE ARE SET TO ROLL THE DICE WITH BOAT HARBOUR’S REPLACEMENT, BUT A CLEANER ALTERNATIVE EXISTS. Read...

The Mill - Fifty Years Of Pulp & Protest by Joan Baxter

For fifty years, the pulp mill near Pictou in northern Nova Scotia has buoyed the local economy and found support from governments at all...

Waste water treatment plant could kill lobster larvae, says PEIFA

The PEIFA attended a meeting on Nov. 5 in Nova Scotia to hear the plans for replacing the Boat Harbour facility. (Jeorge Sadi/CBC) A new...

Province's monitoring of environmentally sensitive projects 'troubling,' AG says

Nova Scotia's auditor general says the province needs to do a better job of following up on the environmental assessments it approves....

Make stack tests at the Pictou County mill public until 2020

Nova Scotia’s Environment Minister Iain Rankin has ordered Northern Pulp to make stack tests at the Pictou County mill public on its...

Northern Pulp Flunks Air Emission Tests — Again

Mill watchdog group says Nova Scotia government is failing to enforce emissions standards Nova Scotia’s Environment Department has begun...

Harbour Waste Treatment Plant In 2020

No word on what will replace Northern Pulp mill’s effluent treatment facility The province of Nova Scotia has set aside $50 million to...