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True costs of Nova Scotia settlement with Paper Excellence’s Northern Pulp remain unknown
Premier Tim Houston heralded the settlement agreement between Nova Scotia and Northern Pulp as setting “a new path forward for forestry...
JOAN BAXTER, THE NATIONAL OBSERVER
May 23, 2024

Northern Pulp critics urge N.S. government to be wary of Paper Excellence
The mayor of Pictou, and environmentalists, have urged the provincial government and municipal leaders on the South Shore to be wary in...
CBC NEWS
May 23, 2024

N.S. government, Northern Pulp reach settlement agreement
The Nova Scotia government and Northern Pulp have reached a settlement agreement that would see the company abandon its pursuit of...
CBC News
May 23, 2024

Northern Pulp gets rules for environmental assessment
Northern Pulp has received the terms of reference it must use in an environmental assessment for its proposed reopening of the Pictou...
Paul Withers, CBC News
Mar 21, 2022

Province releases draft terms for Northern Pulp's environmental assessment report
Nova Scotia's Environment Department has outlined the information it wants from Northern Pulp before the environment minister will decide...
CBC News
Dec 21, 2021

Environmental assessment of Northern Pulp's mill restart plan begins
The clock has started on the environmental assessment process for Northern Pulp's proposal to restart its beleaguered pulp and paper mill...
Taryn Grant
Dec 10, 2021

Northern Pulp gets green light to spend $450,000 preparing lawsuit against Nova Scotia
The owners of the mothballed Northern Pulp mill have permission to spend $450,000 to prepare a lawsuit against the government of Nova...
Paul Withers · CBC News
Nov 2, 2021

Complete transformation' of idled N.S. mill panned by critics
HALIFAX -- The company behind a beleaguered mill in northern Nova Scotia is proposing a "complete transformation" of its operations in an...
Brett Bundale, Canadian Press
Jul 15, 2021

Restart plan for Northern Pulp calls for treated effluent to go into Pictou harbour
The proposal for Northern Pulp to restart the mill would see treated effluent released into Pictou harbour. The company submitted its...
Michael Gorman, CBC News
Jun 24, 2021

Northern Pulp submits new proposal to Nova Scotia Environment Department
Northern Pulp has submitted a proposed plan to the Nova Scotia Environment Department that a company official says will "transform" the...
Michael Gorman, CBC News
May 27, 2021
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