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Feb 28, 2019

Environmental lawyer says correspondence inside Northern Pulp contradicts company claims to the publ

The Northern Pulp mill is seen in Abercrombie Point in 2014, with the Town of Pictou in the background. - File - The Chronicle Herald...

Feb 5, 2019

N.S. group seeks data on effluent leak from Northern Pulp pipeline

The province is yet to release information about a leak from Northern Pulp's effluent treatment pipe on Oct. 21. (Nic Meloney/CBC) A...

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...

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...

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...

Dec 26, 2018

N.S. prepares for worst on controversial pulp mill: 'No easy solution here'

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier says he's keenly aware of the continuing need to diversify the province's economy in 2019, especially...

Nov 28, 2018

McNeil firm that Boat Harbour will close by January 2020

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil rejected the idea that Boat Harbour could stay open longer than planned Tuesday, and said it's time...

Nov 27, 2018

Independent senators tell Trudeau to act on 'dangerous' Northern Pulp plan

The Northern Pulp mill manufactures 280,000 tonnes of kraft pulp annually and supplies pulp to manufacture common household products such...

Nov 20, 2018

Northern Pulp survey boat blocked by fishing boats leaves Caribou without completing work

The Boat Harbour treatment site processes waste water from the Northern Pulp mill, seen in the background. - File The survey boat...

Nov 16, 2018

N.S. paper mill seeks public help, as actor Ellen Page steps up criticism

PICTOU, N.S. — A Nova Scotia pulp mill is asking for public support for more time to build an effluent pipeline to the ocean, even as one...