The project initially received environmental approval on June 19, which prompted three groups to file appeals of the decision.

A highly controversial quarry in Fall River has been given the go-ahead from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment, just over a year and a half after the quarry's original approval was revoked.

A group of residents and politicians against a proposed quarry by Scotian Materials in Goffs, N.S., reiterated their concerns to reporters Friday morning. “We’re involved in a community that feels assaulted,” said Bill Horne, MLA for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank. “I’ve been involved with it [since] before I was elected and have told the government that I’m against it.” The group, Stop the Fall River...