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]
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]
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]
SUBMITTED BY: NORTHWATCH NIPIGON, ON -The Township of Nipigon has withdrawn from the nuclear industry’s investigation of multiple communities as potential nuclear waste burial sites.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]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – April 10 & 11, 2014 the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) held an open house in the Manitouwadge Recreation Centre. The event was very well attended with approximately 120 residents visiting, among them were students from the secondary and elementary [Read more]
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]
The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has been working with 21 communities that have expressed interest in learning more about Canada’s plan for the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel. The first phase of preliminary assessment has been completed with eight of these [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – March 5th and 6th residents of Manitouwadge had the opportunity to learn more about Canada’s Plan for the long term management of used nuclear fuel, and the site selection process for a deep geological repository during two days of Open Houses held at the Rec Centre [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Jan 9th, 2013 OntarioNewsNorth.com attended the regular meeting of Council as Nuclear Waste Management Organization representatives were attending to present their resultfs from initial screening. Editor Karina Hunter recorded the full meeting as there have been comments [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – A group of representatives from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization attended the regular meeting of Coucil this past Wednesday, January 9th to offer a presentation regarding the results of the initial screening of Manitouwadge and the Manitouwadge area in regards to [Read more]
Canada’s nuclear industry is getting close to setting a final storage site for some 50,000 tonnes of accumulated nuclear waste. This is a decision that will have a major impact on Northwestern Ontario. Most people may not know that regardless of the location that’s chosen, people in [Read more]
The editorial below is from Tom Isaacs a member of the United States’ National Academy of Science Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board; OntarioNewsNorth.com believed it may be of interest to readers debating communities learning more about the NWMO and potentially becoming hosts for a deep [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Recently OntarioNewsNorth.com spoke with business owner Jim Moffat, Manitouwadge Economic Development Corporation Board Member and one of the 9 delegates who participated in a Southern Ontario tour, including among its stops the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Underground Sunshine Productions, the team filming a documentary about Northwestern Ontario communities in the ‘Learn More’ process with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has extended their stay in Manitouwadge. OntarioNewsNorth.com caught up with [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The delegation of representatives from Town Council, Township employees and Manitouwadge Economic Development Corporation Board Members has returned from their Southern Ontario tour with the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. For details of where they were visiting and [Read more]
