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Nova Scotia town fined $100K by Environment Canada for spilling raw sewage into brookThe federal Environment Department says the Town of Trenton pleaded guilty in provincial court in Pictou County on one count of violating the federal Fisheries Act.EnvironmentFeb 16
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New Brunswick faces backlog of 1,046 contaminated sites: auditor generalAn auditor general report found that a lack of documentation and enforced timelines has led the backlog of contaminated sites in the province to balloon.EnvironmentNov 29, 2022
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Former Halifax mayor Peter Kelly fined for altering watercourse on oceanfront propertyFormer Halifax mayor Peter Kelly has been fined for altering a watercourse without approval while building a home on an oceanfront property in Queens County, N.S.CanadaJun 27, 2022
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Monitoring of contaminated sites in Nova Scotia remains weak: auditor generalThe latest audit also found similar problems at the Department of Transportation and the Department of Lands and Forestry, which only recently began evaluations on historic mine sites.CanadaJul 28, 2020
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New Brunswick to review plan to eradicate invasive smallmouth bass from lakeA coalition of conservation groups were told this week to register their salmon-protection strategy for a review by New Brunswick's Department of Environment and Local Government.EnvironmentJul 16, 2020
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New Brunswick ends water advisory for residents of Minto industrial parkThe water advisory had been in place since a fire at the TRACC Tire facility broke out Dec. 1, 2019.EnvironmentJan 17, 2020
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Permanent injunction stops Nova Scotia fishermen’s blockade of Northern PulpThe Northern Pulp mill applied for the injunction on Tuesday after it was granted a temporary injunction in December.EnvironmentJan 29, 2019
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Nova Scotia’s body art legislation comes into effect in FebruaryRachel Boomer, a spokesperson for the Department of Environment, said the seven-year delay in implementing the Safe Body Art Act was the result of planning and consultation.HealthJan 6, 2019
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Stop-work order issued following silo explosion in BurnsideTracey Tulloch, a spokesperson with Stevens Group, which owns Quality Concrete, said they are referring to the incident as a "fly ash silo failure."CanadaNov 6, 2018
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Rachel Notley wants action on Trans Mountain pipeline impasse by next weekAlberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants progress soon in the impasse between her province and British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline or she will ratchet up the pressure.EconomyFeb 16, 2018
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