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Cape Breton group, non-profit environmental association at odds over Glace Bay dam waterway

Cape Breton group, non-profit environmental association at odds over Glace Bay dam waterway

A dispute is heating up between a Glace Bay fishing group and a Cape Breton non-profit environmental organization, and tying in a local MLA and the Cape Breton Regional Municipality over what’s being described as alleged toxicity in the water of a community dam. Donald McNeil, president of the Glace Bay-based #20 Dam Fishing Association, is claiming the water spilling through #20 Dam, located near a body of water that’s part of John Bernard Croak Memorial Park, contains “high levels of fecal coliform, a potentially dangerous bacteria, to both humans and animals,” based on a series of tests McNeil’s group conducted this past summer.