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The effluent from the proposed new pulp effluent treatment plant would be released in the Northumberland Strait at approximately location X on the Google map above.
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Fishers are concerned about impacts on lobster, crab, scallop, herring, and mackerel fisheries.
UPDATE DEC 6, 2017: A CBC story provides more details about cancellation of Baxter book event. “A number of events leading up to the signing, including aggressive conversations directed to store staff, have led us to cancel this event…” spokesperson Kate Gregory said in an email.” View Pressure prompts store to axe event featuring book critical of Northern Pulp By Susan Bradley, CBC News Dec 5, 2017
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Author upset about cancellation of pulp mill protest book signing
Francis Campbell in Truro Daily News, Dec 5, 2017. “Northern Pulp wants author Joan Baxter and her latest book placed squarely on the Christmas naughty list…”
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“Northern Pulp and Dillon Consulting Limited held an open house at the Pictou County Wellness Centre Monday [Dec 3] outlining future plans for a replacement effluent-treatment facility” according to a report in The News by Sam MacDonald, Dec 4, 2017: Mill outlines proposed effluent treatment.
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