Posted: Apr 28, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 28
Aerators churn up toxic mill waste at Boat Harbour before it was decommissioned as an effluent treatment facility in January 2020.(Steve Lawrence/CBC)
A Nova Scotia company says it could turn hundreds of millions of litres of polluted sludge from Boat Harbour into a non-toxic construction material, offering an alternative to the current plan to permanently store the dredged sediment in a massive tank on site.
Boat Harbour was once a tidal estuary, but for more than 50 years it acted as a receptacle for industrial waste from the nearby and now shuttered Abercrombie, N.S., pulp and paper mill currently owned by Northern Pulp.
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Through its $1.75-billion Universal Broadband Fund (UBF), the Government of Canada has today announced $4.46 million in funding for the Municipality of Pictou County to bring high-speed internet to rural residents of the community.
With a contribution from the municipality of Pictou County of $3.32 million, this project will connect many underserved households to high-speed Internet in Pictou County, and will also create the opportunity for improved cellular coverage in the area.
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The project aims to provide the residents with access to internet speeds of at least 50 megabits per second (Mbps) download / 10 Mbps upload.
“Today’s investment will bring reliable, high-speed Internet access to many households in Pictou County, and may also improve the quality of cell coverage throughout rural communities in our region,” said Sean Fraser, Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Rural Nova Scotians to benefit from increased connectivity
OTTAWA, ON, April 6, 2021 /CNW/ - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how much we rely on our connections. Now more than ever, Canadians across the country need access to reliable high-speed Internet as many of us are working, learning, and staying in touch with friends and family from home. Right now, too many Canadians living in rural and remote communities lack access to high-speed Internet. Through the Universal Broadband Fund s (UBF) Rapid Response Stream, the Government of Canada is taking immediate action to get Canadians connected to the high-speed Internet they need.