Posts Tagged ‘nuclear waste’
Written by Press Release on 19 May 2020
Version française ci-dessous International body finds Canada’s nuclear waste policy deficient OTTAWA, ON – Over one hundred civil society organizations and prominent scientific experts from across Canada have called on the federal minister of Natural Resources (Hon. Seamus O’Regan) [Read more]
Written by MP Bruce Hyer on 06 October 2015
Nuclear Waste, Ring of Fire, Electricity Costs THUNDER BAY, ON – Cooperation between Canada and Ontario that emphasizes northern issues is the pledge that Green MP Bruce Hyer and GPO leader Mike Schreiner made today. Hyer and Schreiner are working together on a cross jurisdictional plan to [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 14 May 2015
From: Northwatch Federal Report is Flawed – Ontario Must Take Action QUEENS PARK, ON – Calling the federal review report issued last week on a proposal to bury nuclear waste beside Lake Huron “deeply flawed”, one hundred public interest groups have issued an “Open Letter to the [Read more]
Written by NetNewsLedger on 29 April 2015
PIC MOBERT FIRST NATION – “Today I had the honour and privilege to speak at a rally with a number of great speakers, leaders and community activists. The message was: NO TO NUCLEAR WASTE in their treaty, traditional lands,” stated Serpent River Chief Isadore Day. “As First Nations, we do [Read more]
Written by Nuclear Waste Management Organization on 05 March 2015
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is concluding preliminary assessment work in two communities engaged in learning about Adaptive Phased Management (APM), Canada’s plan for the long-term management of used nuclear fuel. New geological studies in the vicinity of Creighton, [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 04 February 2015
The federal government will once again be in direct violation with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It comes as no surprise that the Crown will most likely proceed with its unilateral decision making when it comes to the storage of nuclear waste in our [Read more]
Written by Nuclear Waste Management Organization on 23 January 2015
Elliot Lake, Blind River, Manitouwadge and White River will continue to more detailed study; six communities recognized for leadership TORONTO, ON – The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has completed the first phase of preliminary assessment for six communities in Northern Ontario [Read more]
Written by admin on 11 December 2014
NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO – The video below is Part 2 of OntarioNewsNorth.com’s conversation with Thunder Bay-Superior North MP and Green Party Deputy-Leader Bruce Hyer on the final evening of his Northwestern Ontario visit in November. Hyer travelled the region hosting Town Hall [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 30 November 2014
From http://ejlavoie.wordpress.com A monograph in 7 chapters By Edgar J. Lavoie 1 ̶ Love It or Ship It There are just over 2 million fuel bundles sitting outside Canada’s nuclear power reactors. That’s right ̶ “outside”. Which is a good thing, because they are used fuel [Read more]
Written by admin on 23 November 2014
NORTHWESTERN, ON – November 9-14, 2014 Bruce Hyer, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada hosted a series of town hall meetings throughout the region. Meetings were held in Thunder Bay, Nakina, Geraldton, Longlac, Schreiber, and Manitouwadge with [Read more]
Written by MP Bruce Hyer on 07 November 2014
Nuclear waste disposal and transport in NWO THUNDER BAY – SUPERIOR NORTH, ON – As your MP, I feel strongly that the citizens of Thunder Bay—Superior North and Northwestern Ontario should have an opportunity to think about the critical decisions that affect you and share your [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 19 June 2014
SUBMITTED BY: NORTHWATCH NIPIGON, ON -The Township of Nipigon has withdrawn from the nuclear industry’s investigation of multiple communities as potential nuclear waste burial sites. The municipality was one of ten in northern Ontario remaining in the process. An additional 3 communities in [Read more]
Written by Press Release on 27 March 2014
PUBLIC NOTICE from Northwatch DIGGING DEEPER: What does Step 3 of the NWMO Nuclear Waste Burial Plan Mean for the North of Superior Region? Nipigon, Schreiber, Manitouwadge, Hornepayne and White River have all entered Step 3 of a nine step process to locate and construct a burial site for all [Read more]
Written by admin on 07 March 2014
This week, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization had open houses taking place in Schreiber (March 6 and 7) and Pays Plat First Nation (March 8). We spoke to Mayor Don McArthur about the open houses, why it is important for people to attend regardless of if they have previously and how the [Read more]
Written by Reader Submission on 26 June 2013
Workshop in Mindemoya in Advance of July 5th Deadline to Register MINDEMOYA, ON – A federal hearing on a proposal to bury a mix of radioactive wastes on the shore of Lake Huron has been announced, with only seventeen days for members to public to register their interest in participating. A [Read more]