Northern Pulp

Stick to the facts, activist tells Northern Pulp supporters

Robert DeVet — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:22:03 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) - The Northern Pulp mill in Pictou doesn't like the conditions contained in the new Industrial Approval issued by the province's Department of Environment.

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The group's detailed response to claims made by FPANS

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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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DNR and the disappearing science

Robert DeVet — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:02:11 +0000

Nova Scotia forests, not a renewable resource after all?

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Northern Pulp, Pictou's infamous pulp and paper plant, needs wood. Lots of wood.

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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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October in Review

Natascia Lypny — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:20:56 +0000

Nova Scotia is a great place to live, especially if you're rich, healthy and white

Feel their pain…

The four richest individuals and families in Nova Scotia all took a tumble on the Canadian Business magazine’s annual list of the 100 wealthiest Canadians.

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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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