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Mill files Supreme Court challenge

Pictou Advocate

ABERCROMBIE  – Northern Pulp filed a motion in Supreme Court of Nova Scotia today. The company is challenging Environment Minister Gordon Wilson’s decision requiring an Environmental Assessment Report for the company’s proposed effluent treatment facility. It filed a request with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia for a judicial review of Wilson’s Dec. 17, 2019,...

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Outcome “horrible”: Unifor

Pictou Advocate

HALIFAX – Unifor members at Northern Pulp are devastated following the announcement by Premier Stephen McNeil that he will not allow enough time for the company to complete the regulatory assessment requested by his own government. “In all my years of doing this work I have never seen an elected official gut a rural industry,...

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Northern Pulp says it’s prepared to shut down operations without extension to Boat Harbour Act deadline

Pictou Advocate

ABERCROMBIE – While forestry workers, Northern Pulp workers and supporters rallied outside of the Nova Scotia Legislature today to support the jobs that will be lost if the mill closes, the company issued a statement promising it would close if there is no extension to the Boat Harbour Act deadline. Brian Baarda, CEO, Paper Excellence...

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Gloomy forestry future if Northern Pulp closes: study

Steve Goodwin

HALIFAX — A study by a Nova Scotia consulting firm has concluded that Northern Pulp’s closure would devastate the province’s forest industry and shrink its economy. However, the Friends of the Northumberland Strait that supports its fishery and opposes the pulp mill’s intentions to discharge treated effluent through a pipe into the Strait has termed...

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