By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Thunder Bay Source ONIGAMING – The chief of Ojibways of Onigaming has resigned from Grand Council Treaty #3’s environment committee and his reasons relate to the regional organization’s ties to Canada’s nuclear power industry. GCT3 has been receiving money from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, which is considering a site in Treaty 3 territory for a proposed nuclear waste repository. “I can no longer in good conscience be a part of this process,” Jeffrey Copenace said Monday in a Facebook post. “I worry Grand Council Treaty #3 has chosen to accept money from NWMO that will open the door to nuclear waste being buried near our lakes, rivers and waterways,” he said. An underground nuclear waste repository would pose great risk to people…
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