http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/ Press releases from the Government of Nova Scotia. Distributed by Communications Nova Scotia. Government of Nova Scotia Communications Nova Scotia Crown copyright © 2009, Province of Nova Scotia, all rights reserved. hourly 2 1998-01-01T08:00-04:00 http://www.gov.ns.ca/cmns/images/rss_logo.png http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/ UPDATE: To the item originally transmitted at about 9:45 a.m. today, Sept. 22, to add the location of the companies to the second paragraph. A $3.1-million contract to operate and maintain a material processing facility for the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens cleanup has been awarded to a local aboriginal company. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090922002 2009-09-22T10:38:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency A $3.1-million contract to operate and maintain a material processing facility for the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens cleanup has been awarded to a local aboriginal company. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090922001 2009-09-22T09:18:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency The most substantial part of the Coke Ovens cleanup has started with the awarding of a $15.2 million contract to collect and treat groundwater flowing over the site. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090723002 2009-07-23T10:06:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency A vital component of the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Cleanup began today, June 26, with a $52-million contract to solidify and stabilize tar ponds sediment. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090626001 2009-06-26T11:57:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency Ferry Street Bridge in Sydney will close for an extended period of time beginning Monday, March 23. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090313006 2009-03-13T11:13:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency Sydney is another step closer to reclaiming land from industrial use after a $37.6-million construction contract to divert water from the Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Cleanup remediation area was awarded today, March 7. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20090307001 2009-03-07T14:37:00-04:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency The Sydney Tar Ponds and Coke Ovens Cleanup has reached a milestone with the tendering of a multi-million-dollar project that will reshape the industrial landscape of the community. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20081218006 2008-12-18T14:44:00-04:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency The Sydney Tar Ponds Agency is seeking bids on a temporary pumping system to manage brooks and other sources of water actively flowing into the tar ponds. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20081014003 2008-10-14T14:27:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency The tender release to solidify and stabilize the Sydney Tar Ponds is fast approaching. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20081009009 2008-10-09T15:44:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency The first steps to collect, control and treat groundwater at the Coke Ovens site will begin in September. http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20080812006 2008-08-12T13:04:00-03:00 Sydney Tar Ponds Agency