Nuclear waste has another ‘willing’ community

By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter IGNACE – South Bruce, a rural municipality near Lake Huron in southwestern Ontario, has joined Ignace as an officially willing host for proposed deep-underground storage of nuclear waste. That suits Ignace just fine, township outreach lead Jake Pastore said Tuesday. “That’s great,” he told Newswatch. “We’re thrilled that there’s another community in the process and that there’s ample interest in the project.” South Bruce “had a very strong voter turnout and a positive result, and that’s great,” he said. “We appreciate what all the municipalities and First Nations are doing,” he said. “The mayor and council want to congratulate South Bruce for the years of leadership and community engagement.” South Bruce’s referendum on the issue closed Monday evening with approximately 51 per cent…

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