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Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil won't speak publicly about the future of Boat Harbour and Northern Pulp until Friday, a move that's drawing heaps of scorn from opposition leaders who say the delay is unfair to thousands of workers in the forestry industry. On Tuesday, Environment Minister Gordon Wilson said the company's environmental focus report…
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The future of the Northern Pulp mill is firmly in the hands of Nova Scotia Environment Minister Gordon Wilson. Wilson is scheduled to release his environmental assessment decision on the Pictou County pulp mill's plan for a new effluent treatment facility at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. On Monday, it was learned Wilson will have the…
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Several questions remain about the amount of mercury in Nova Scotia, buried under the site where Northern Pulp's new treatment facility will be. Concerned citizens wonder whether the industrial site has been properly remediated. If not, the ground disturbance from the new facility could cause the mercury to leach into the waterways and into the…
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