Sean Fraser, MP for the riding of Central Nova, made the announcement on behalf of Bernadette Jordan, federal minister of rural economic development. Continue reading →

Million of litres of treated wastewater effluent from the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou are currently piped into Boat Harbour and aerated before being sent into the Northumberland Strait. Continue reading →

Premier Stephen McNeil has consistently said his government has no intention of extending the deadline contained in the Boat Harbour Act, which was passed in 2015. Continue reading →

The “One Year Countdown” event is expected to include traditional drumming, dancing, prayers, smudge ceremony and speeches. Continue reading →

Nova Scotia’s lands and forestry minister says the province isn’t currently planning for the potential shutdown of the Northern Pulp mill if it can’t solve its effluent problem. Continue reading →

A Nova Scotia pulp mill is asking for public support for more time to build an effluent pipeline to the ocean, even as one of province’s best-known Hollywood actors retweets comments critical of the plant. Continue reading →

Under provincial legislation, the kraft pulp mill has less than 15 months to overhaul how it processes wastewater. Continue reading →

For the second day in a row, fishermen have successfully rebuffed a survey ship from leaving Boat Harbour in an attempt to chart a route for the planned effluent pipe, which would carry waste away from the Northern Pulp mill into the Northumberland Strait. Continue reading →

Though the Northern Pulp mill near Pictou provides key jobs for the town of about 3,000 residents, its pipeline plan has raised concerns about the impact on the lobster fishery, other seafood businesses and protected areas along the coast. Continue reading →

Northern Pulp says they were first notified of an effluent leak at 9:20 a.m. Sunday, a day after the mill began its annual maintenance shutdown on Saturday. Continue reading →