Boat Harbour

Northern Pulp and meddling civil servants

Robert DeVet — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:08:32 +0000

Forest industry association calls Industrial Approval red tape

(KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - It's hard enough to run a business in Nova Scotia as it is.

But then there is red tape to deal with.

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The letter FPANS wants its members to send to Stephen McNeil

A fact sheet FPANS suggests be considered when members approach the Premier

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Archaeologist finds signs suggestive of burial grounds by effluent spill in Pictou Landing

Miles Howe — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:27:00 +0000

Spiritual, local, elders ask for minimum four day clean and sober crew before proceeding

Pik'tuk (Pictou Landing), Nova Scotia – An archaeologist in the employ of the Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative (KMKNO) today with relative certainty confirmed that Tuesday, June 11th's effluent spill was in the direct environs of a Mi'kmaq burial grounds.

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Amplifying a strong voice

Robert DeVet — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:56:48 +0000

Haligonians show support for the Pictou Landing First Nation blockade

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - About twenty people gathered at the corner of Spring Garden Road and South Park today to draw attention to the

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All we would do is dig out clams at the shore, and bring a pot, and cook clams there

Robert DeVet — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 19:56:43 +0000

Food insecurity and pollution at Pictou Landing First Nation

K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – A lack of healthy, affordable food is a big problem in Pictou Landing First Nation, a small Mi'kmaq community of roughly 400 people.

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The Health Inequities of Race and Proximity to Toxic Industry in Nova Scotia

Natascia Lypny — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:20:51 +0000

NSPIRG launches new web site on environmental justice and environmental racism in Nova Scotia

For several years, the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG) has been offering support to residents of Lincolnville in their fight against the building of a second landfill within a few kilometres of their community. The facility was approved and built by the municipality of Guysborough despite opposition and concerns expressed by locals.

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This Was Our Playground

Miles Howe — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:57:23 +0000

In which we condemn 45 years of unabated dumping at Boat Harbour.

We are looking at a rushing torrent of bubbling, dark brown liquid. It gushes out of the mouth of a 2.5 metre pipe. The flow expels hundreds of litres of effluent waste per second. Foul foam, crust, and spray, lines the banks of a canal that contains the noxious outflow.

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Passing the Bucks

Miles Howe — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:22:30 +0000

Draft agreement offers Pictou Landing Band $3 million to put Boat Harbour lawsuit on ice

The provincial government has drafted an offer of $3 million to the Pictou Landing First Nation (PLFN) in return for the Band postponing their lawsuit against the province for at least two years, according to documents obtained by the Halifax Media Co-op.

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