Let NS Government and Northern Pulp know we're done with pulp waste in our water or our air by displaying a lawn sign on your property.  Choose from "NO PULP WASTE in our WATER", "NO PULP WASTE in our RIVERS", "NO PULP WASTE in our AIR".

Signs are free and can be picked up at:

• Pictou Fishing Supplies - 3297 HWY 376, Pictou

• Northumberland Fisheries Museum - 21 Caladh Avenue, Pictou

• Pictou Landing First Nation Office - 6533 Pictou Landing Rd, Pictou Landing

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Limit of three per person. Email us at info@friendsofthenorthumberlandstrait.ca if you are from out of town.  We will do our best to get a sign delivered to you. 

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On December 20, Premier McNeil will announce his decision to Honour the Boat Harbour Act or to allow Northern Pulp to continue to pump effluent into A'se'k.  Join Pictou Landing First Nation for refreshments, listen to their elders, youth and leaders, and be sure to wear red in support of A'se"k and the closure of Boat Harbour on schedule.  

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Pictou Advocate news coverage

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The Town of Pictou, Pictou Landing First Nation, the Fishermen’s Working Group, representing 3000 fishermen from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI, and Friends of the Northumberland Strait (FONS) will present their main findings on Northern Pulp’s Focus Report during a joint press conference at the Decoste Centre in Pictou.

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Chronicle Herald news coverage

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Maritime Music teamed up with Dave Gunning and a dozen other well-known Atlantic Canadian artists to create a CD in support of Friends of the Northumberland Strait. ALL PROCEEDS (that is the whole $20) go to The Friends.

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Buy the CD  online

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Do you want to respond to Northern Pulp's Focus Report and need help? Our workshop will include:

• Presentation from Ecojustice & FONS
• Moderated open discussion - an opportunity for attendees to ask questions and share issues/concerns they have found in Northern Pulp's focus report.

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If you cannot attend, the presentation and a Focus Report Response Toolkit will be available following the workshop.

You are invited to #Wijewiek - Join Pictou Landing First Nation as we all walk together for A’se’k, and for the closure of the Boat Harbour pulp effluent treatment facility on schedule. 

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CBC News coverage
 

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Take one minute to send a letter to Premier McNeil and all Nova Scotia MLAs.  

Let them know you support the Boat Harbour Act and the closure of Boat Harbour to pulp effluent on 31 January, 2020. 

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Let’s Stand Together.
 

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Ellen Page's "There's Something In the Water" screening at Halifax Film Festival - This documentary, filmed & directed by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel, is an examination of the disproportionate effect of environmental damage on Black Canadian and First Nations communities in Nova Scotia. Pictou Landing First Nation and Boat Harbour is one of three communities featured in the film. 

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Watch on Netflix

Friends of the Northumberland Strait, in partnership with Pictou Landing First Nation holds Premier McNeil and MLA's to their promise to close Boat Harbour on schedule. ​

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CBC News coverage

David Craig's "The Mill" debuts at the Halifax Film Festival. The documentary looks at a dilemma facing rural communities across the world. Where environmental concerns are increasingly weighed against the economic outcomes of resource industries as sustainability is questioned.

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Watch on You Tube

Pictou Landing First Nation welcomes all to celebrate the one year countdown​ to the closure of the Boat Harbour effluent treatment facility.  

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Saltwire news coverage

Join Friends of the Northumberland Strait and Ecojustice for tips on writing an effect response to Northern Pulp's environmental assessment. 

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EA Response Tool Kit & Video

Featuring the short film, "Pictou Landing" by Australian singer/songwriter, Mark Lang.  Sign the declaration to support the closure of Boat Harbour on schedule.

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Short Film: Pictou Landing

Rally by land or by sea!  Make July 6th a day to raise your voice for No Pipe in Our Strait. Join us to be a force that politicians cannot ignore. 

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Visit nopiperally.com

Fishermen and boaters, ready yourself for the #NOPIPE Land & Sean Rally.  Flags are 18"x24".

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Update: Flags are currently not available. 
 

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Support fishermen's call for a rigorous federal environmental assessment of Northern Pulp's proposal to discharge 70 to 90 million litres of treated pulp effluent daily into the Northumberland Strait.  Take one minute to send a letter to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

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Send a letter now
 

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Over 1000 No Pulp Waste and #NoPipe lawn signs were distributed and displayed throughout Pictou County and beyond.

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We're very excited to be hosting our first open house  Come sign a letter supporting no pipe!  Presentation by Joan Baxter presentation, information displays, take action booths, and family activities including chowder contest. 

Launch and book reading “The Mill: Fifty Years of Pulp and Protest”, 7-9 PM, Special guest star, internationally acclaimed folk musician and songwriter Dave Gunning, performing tunes inspired by his work with Clean The Mill group. Museum of Industry, Stellarton, Nova Scotia

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Pictou Advocate News Coverage

Northern Pulp holds their first open house to provide citizens the opportunity to learn about the company's new proposed pulp effluent treatment facility and to ask important questions.  

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Get the facts from Friends of the Northumberland Strait