First Nations call for ban of aerial spraying after spill

By Darlene Wroe, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  LATCHFORD – Temagami First Nation and Teme-Augama Anishnabai leaders are calling for a ban on aerial spraying of herbicides of the forest following a spill of over 600 litres of GlySil (glyphosate) concentrate on the evening of September 10. The spill occurred at the 21-kilometre mark on Eagle Lake Road northwest of Brickstock Lake, northwest of the head of Lake Anima Nipissing and about ten kilometres west of Latchford. The truck carrying the material to be used for aerial spraying overturned and released 600 litres into a ditch on the side of the road. Representatives of the Temagami Forest Management Corporation (TFMC), Forest Resource Management Group, Apex and the Ministry of Environment have been at the scene. Apex has brought environmental technicians to…

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